The U.S. Information economy: Value, employment, industry structure, and trade

Foundations and Trends in Technology, Information and Operations Management

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 1-87

  Apte, Uday ^a   Karmarkar, Uday ^b   Nath, Hiranya ^c  

^a NAVAL POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^c SAM HOUSTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GROSS NATIONAL PRODUCT; INDUSTRY STRUCTURES; INFORMATION ECONOMY; U.S. ECONOMIES;

INTERNATIONAL TRADE; WAGES;

ECONOMICS;

EID: 84874155830     PISSN: 15719545     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1561/0200000013     Document Type: Article

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