Understanding the diffusion of mobile digital content: A growth curve modelling approach

Information Systems and e-Business Management

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 2014, Pages 239-258

  Liu, Angela Xia ^a   Wang, Yinglei ^b   Chen, Xi ^c   Jiang, Xuping ^a  

^a Tsinghua University   (China)

^b ACADIA UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^c CHINA UNIVERSITY OF POLITICAL SCIENCE AND LAW   (China)

Author keywords

Growth curve modelling; Innovation diffusion; Longitudinal data; Mobile digital content

Indexed keywords

EID: 84941370345     PISSN: 16179846     EISSN: 16179854     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10257-013-0224-1     Document Type: Article

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