VoIP diffusion among new entrants: A path dependent process

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 16, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 219-245

  Cecere, Grazia ^a,b,c  

^a European Chair on Intellectual Capital and RITM University Paris Sud   (France)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Localized technological change; Path and past dependency; VoIP diffusion

Indexed keywords

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INNOVATION; INTERNET; PATH ANALYSIS; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION;

EID: 77954825378     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710902764410     Document Type: Article

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