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Sourcing behavior and the role of news media in AI-powered search engines in the digital media ecosystem: Comparing political news retrieval across five languages 数字媒体生态系统中人工智能搜索引擎中的采购行为和新闻媒体的角色：比较五种语言的政治新闻检索

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-04 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102952

Cornelia Brantner , Michael Karlsson , Joanne Kuai

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Evaluating structural and behavioral remedies for anticompetitive conducts in the ad tech ecosystem 评估广告技术生态系统中反竞争行为的结构和行为补救措施

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-02 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102955

Alexander Witte, Jan Krämer

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Can digital literacy improve income mobility? Evidence from China 数字素养能提高收入流动性吗？来自中国的证据

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-04-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102960

Juan Wang

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Using spectrum set-asides to address distributional objectives: Lessons from Canada, New Zealand, South Africa and the United States 利用预留频谱解决分配目标：来自加拿大、新西兰、南非和美国的经验教训

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-31 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102957

Bronwyn E. Howell , Petrus H. Potgieter

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Promoting free flows via competition law: An AI industry blueprint for Southeast Asia 通过竞争法促进自由流动：东南亚人工智能产业蓝图

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102953

Chad Patrick Osorio , Jamlech Iram Gojo Cruz

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Unravelling digital divides in the Emilia-Romagna region through the poset approach 通过posset方法解开艾米利亚-罗马涅地区的数字鸿沟

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-29 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102958

Claudia Zola

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Infrastructure sharing reduces the energy, emissions and costs of universal mobile 4G and 5G broadband 基础设施共享减少了通用移动4G和5G宽带的能源、排放和成本

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-28 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102961

Edward J. Oughton

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Automating spectrum sharing: A bottom-up approach and research agenda 自动化频谱共享：自下而上的方法和研究议程

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-21 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102937

William Lehr , Randall Berry , Igor Kadota , Carlos E. Caicedo Bastidas , Kangle Mu , Zongyun Xie , Irfan Tamim

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From vulnerabilities to resilience: Taiwan's semiconductor industry and geopolitical challenges 从脆弱性到复原力：台湾半导体产业与地缘政治挑战

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102951

Roger Chifeng Liu , Hsin-wei Tang , Yuchen Kao , Yuntsai Chou

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Crisis-ready telecom: Global approaches to emergency management in telecommunications 危机准备电信：电信应急管理的全球方法

IF 5.9 2区管理学

Telecommunications Policy Pub Date : 2025-03-13 DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2025.102914

Peter Jiang , Joe Rowsell , Stephen Schmidt

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