Expectations, network effects and timing of technology adoption: some empirical evidence from a sample of SMEs in Italy
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- Nicoletta Corrocher & Roberto Fontana, 2006. "Expectations, Network Effects and Timing of Technology Adoption: Some Empirical Evidence from a Sample of SMEs in Italy," SPRU Working Paper Series 150, SPRU - Science Policy Research Unit, University of Sussex Business School.
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Diffusion; Network Effects; Expectations; LAN equipment; O33; L63; L26;All these keywords.
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- O33 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Technological Change: Choices and Consequences; Diffusion Processes
- L63 - Industrial Organization - - Industry Studies: Manufacturing - - - Microelectronics; Computers; Communications Equipment
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