Policy tools for public involvement in the deployment of next generation communications

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Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 3-13

  Gómez Barroso, José Luis ^a   Feijóo, Claudio ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDAD NACIONAL DE EDUCACIÓN A DISTANCIA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Communication technologies; Information society; Innovation; Partnership; Public administration; Public policy

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350336778     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690910996687     Document Type: Review

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