Exploring geographic variation in corporate broadband adoption; evidence from Irish small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 34, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 144-161

  Pontikakis, Dimitrios ^a   Collins, Patrick ^b  

^a JOINT RESEARCH CENTRE   (Italy)

^b NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF IRELAND   (Ireland)

Author keywords

Broadband; Competition; Diffusion; Ireland; Spatial disaggregation

Indexed keywords

BROADBAND; BROADBAND ADOPTION; GEOGRAPHIC VARIATION; INDUSTRIAL SECTOR; IRELAND; LOGIT MODELS; MARKET CONCENTRATION; MARKET STRUCTURES; SMALL AND MEDIUM-SIZED ENTERPRISE; SPATIAL DISAGGREGATION;

INTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS;

COMPETITION;

EID: 77949268274     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2009.11.014     Document Type: Article

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