Exploring information and communications technology adoption in enterprises and its impact on innovation performance of European countries

Ekonomicky casopis

Volumn 62, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 335-362

  Pejić Bach, Mirjana ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Digital Agenda; Digital divide; European union; ICT adoption; Innovation; Innovation Union Scoreboard

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL DEVELOPMENT; INDUSTRIAL PERFORMANCE; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INFORMATION SYSTEM; INNOVATION; RANKING; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION;

EUROPE;

EID: 84904887501     PISSN: 00133035     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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