The diffusion of i-mode overseas: A perspective of institutional differences

International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 69-86

  Hung, Chia Liang ^a   Yeh, Shu Yu ^b  

^a NATIONAL CHI NAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b MING CHUAN UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Diffusion strategy; Institution; Mobile standard

Indexed keywords

EID: 61349102029     PISSN: 02198770     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S0219877007000916     Document Type: Article

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