The role of public administrations in developing electronic communications infrastructures in Spain

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Volumn 11, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 69-81

  Ramos, Sergio ^a   Arcos, Maite ^a   Armuña, Cristina ^a  

^a Spanish Association of Telecommunication Network Operators ^*  (Spain)

Author keywords

Competitive strategy; Information society; Partnership; Public administration; Public policy; Spain

Indexed keywords

EID: 70350346531     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690910996722     Document Type: Article

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