Advancement of indices assessing a nations telecommunications development status: A PLS structural equation analysis of over 100 countries

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 93-111

  Gerpott, Torsten J ^a   Ahmadi, Nima ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF DUISBURG ESSEN   (Germany)

Author keywords

Adoption; Composite indices; Country ranking; ITU data base; Least; Partial; Squares structural equation modeling; Supply; Usage

Indexed keywords

FORECASTING; LEAST SQUARES APPROXIMATIONS; TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

ADOPTION; COMPOSITE INDEX; COUNTRY RANKING; LEAST; PARTIAL; STRUCTURAL EQUATION MODELING; SUPPLY; USAGE;

TELECOMMUNICATION SERVICES;

EID: 85027919577     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2014.11.007     Document Type: Article

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