Spatial effects in website adoption by firms in European regions

Growth and Change

Volumn 40, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 54-84

  Billon, Margarita ^a   Ezcurra, Roberto ^b   Lera López, Fernando ^b,c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD AUTÓNOMA DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b PUBLIC UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRE   (Spain)

^c UNIVERSITY OF NAVARRA   (Spain)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ECONOMETRICS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; EUROPEAN UNION; FIRM OWNERSHIP; GROSS DOMESTIC PRODUCT; HYPOTHESIS TESTING; INTERNET; SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION;

EID: 61549133144     PISSN: 00174815     EISSN: 14682257     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1468-2257.2008.00461.x     Document Type: Article

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