Redefining the network: Enrollment strategies in the PDA industry

Information Technology & People

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 171-185

  Allen, Jonathan P ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF SAN FRANCISCO   (United States)

Author keywords

Case studies; Changing society; Information networks; Information society

Indexed keywords

EID: 84986099101     PISSN: 09593845     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/09593840410542493     Document Type: Article

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