Dividing or uniting Europe? Internet usage in the EU

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 21, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 279-290

  Orviska, Marta ^a   Hudson, John ^b  

^a MATEJ BEL UNIVERSITY   (Slovakia)

^b UNIVERSITY OF BATH   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Country differences; e Commerce; Internet security

Indexed keywords

COUNTRY DIFFERENCES; E-COMMERCE; EU COUNTRIES; GROSS NATIONAL INCOMES; INTERNET ACCESS; INTERNET SECURITY; INTERNET USAGE; SAMPLE SELECTION;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

INTERNET;

E-COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; INCOME; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INTERNET; SPATIAL VARIATION;

EURASIA; EUROPE;

EID: 70349780397     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2009.06.002     Document Type: Article

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