Technological progress and productivity growth in the U.S. mobile telecommunications industry

Annals of Operations Research

Volumn 173, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 77-87

  Banker, Rajiv D ^a   Cao, Zhanwei ^b   Menon, Nirup ^c   Natarajan, Ram ^d  

^a TEMPLE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Federal Service for Surveillance on Consumer Rights Protection and Human Well Being   (United States)

^c GEORGE MASON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^d UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT DALLAS   (United States)

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EID: 76649126752     PISSN: 02545330     EISSN: 15729338     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10479-008-0482-3     Document Type: Article

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