Innovation diffusion: Mobile telephony adoption in China

International Journal of Innovation Management

Volumn 13, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 245-271

  Liu, Xielin ^a   Wu, Feng Shang ^b   Chu, Wen Lin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b NATIONAL CHENGCHI UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Innovation diffusion; Mobile communications; Mobile telephony

Indexed keywords

EID: 67650562116     PISSN: 13639196     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1142/S1363919609002285     Document Type: Conference Paper

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