INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION: A REVIEW OF EMPIRICAL RESEARCH

Proceedings of the 13th International Conference on Information Systems, ICIS 1992

Volumn , Issue , 1992, Pages 195-206

  Fichman, Robert G ^a  

^a Institute of Technology   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DIFFUSION; INFORMATION USE;

ADOPTION AND DIFFUSION; DIFFUSION THEORY; EMPIRICAL RESEARCH; EMPIRICAL STUDIES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY DIFFUSION; INNOVATION DIFFUSION THEORY; IT ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY ADOPTION; TECHNOLOGY ASSESSMENTS; TECHNOLOGY IMPLEMENTATION;

INFORMATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 85123875204     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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