Examining the influencing factors and the most efficient point of broadband adoption in china

Journal of Research and Practice in Information Technology

Volumn 41, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 25-38

  Nam, Changi ^a   Kim, Seongcheol ^b   Lee, Hongkyu ^a   Duan, Bin ^c  

^a Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology (KAIST)   (South Korea)

^b Korea University   (South Korea)

^c China Netcom Group Corporation   (China)

Author keywords

Broadband adoption; China; Influencing factors; Most efficient point; Stochastic frontier analysis

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND ADOPTION; CHINA; INFLUENCING FACTORS; MOST EFFICIENT POINT; STOCHASTIC FRONTIER ANALYSIS;

BROADBAND NETWORKS; INTERNET; RANDOM PROCESSES;

STOCHASTIC MODELS;

EID: 67449141070     PISSN: 1443458X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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