Understanding early diffusion of digital wireless phones

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 432-450

  Kauffman, Robert J ^a   Techatassanasoontorn, Angsana A ^b  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adopter categories; Digital wireless phones; Early diffusion; Growth curve modeling; Public policy; Survival analysis; Technology adoption; Technology diffusion

Indexed keywords

ADOPTER CATEGORIES; DIGITAL WIRELESS PHONES; EARLY DIFFUSION; GROWTH CURVE MODELING; SURVIVAL ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

BEHAVIORAL RESEARCH; BIOINFORMATICS; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; NORMAL DISTRIBUTION; PUBLIC POLICY; TECHNOLOGY; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE SETS;

DIFFUSION;

EID: 67349284063     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.03.006     Document Type: Article

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