Determinants of information technology diffusion: A study at the firm level for Portugal

ECIME 2007: European Conference on Information Management and Evaluation

Volumn , Issue , 2007, Pages 357-366

  Martins, Maria ^a   Oliveira, Tiago ^a  

^a UNIVERSIDADE NOVA DE LISBOA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Adoption; Cluster analysis; Diffusion; Information technologies; Probit model

Indexed keywords

CLUSTER ANALYSIS; DIFFUSION; ECONOMICS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; PRODUCTIVITY;

ADOPTION; ECONOMIC GROWTHS; ESTIMATION RESULTS; EUROPEAN COUNTRIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; INTRA-FIRM DIFFUSION; OUTSOURCING PARTNER; PROBIT MODELS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 84896526144     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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