How much of the global information and communication explosion is driven by more, and how much by better technology

Journal of the Association for Information Science and Technology

Volumn 65, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 856-861

  Hilbert, Martin ^a,b  

^a United Nations Economic Commission For Latin America and the Caribbean Chile   (Chile)

^b PONTIFICIA UNIVERSIDAD CATÓLICA DE CHILE   (Chile)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

GLOBAL GROWTH; GLOBAL INFORMATIONS; HARDWARE AND SOFTWARE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION; INFORMATION COMPRESSION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL INFRASTRUCTURE; TECHNOLOGICAL PROGRESS;

VIRTUAL STORAGE;

EID: 84899499952     PISSN: 23301635     EISSN: 23301643     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/asi.23031     Document Type: Article

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