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The Internet and SME Participation in Exports 互联网与中小企业参与出口

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100940

Meng Sun

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引用次数: 11

Picking up speed: Does ultrafast broadband increase firm productivity? 提速:超高速宽带能提高企业生产率吗?

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100937

Richard Fabling , Arthur Grimes

引用次数: 0

Demand price elasticity of mobile voice communication: A comparative firm level data analysis 移动语音通信的需求价格弹性:一个比较公司层面的数据分析

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100939

Fayçal Sawadogo

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引用次数: 4

Displacement from piracy in the American comic book market 美国漫画市场的盗版现象

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100927

Wojciech Hardy

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引用次数: 4

Eliminating digital rights management from the E-book market 消除电子书市场的数字版权管理

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100935

Jin-Hyuk Kim , Tin Cheuk Leung

引用次数: 2

Broadband Infrastructure and Economic Growth in Rural Areas 宽带基础设施与农村地区经济增长

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100936

Alisher Aldashev , Birzhan Batkeyev

引用次数: 7

Investigative journalism and media capture in the digital age 数字时代的调查性新闻和媒体捕捉

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100942

Jay Pil Choi , Sangwoo Yang

引用次数: 10

Are emerging technologies helping win the fight against corruption? A review of the state of evidence 新兴技术是否有助于打赢反腐败斗争?对证据状况的回顾

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-12-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100950

Isabelle Adam , Mihály Fazekas

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引用次数: 47

The impact of internet access on research output - a cross-country study 互联网接入对研究产出的影响——一项跨国研究

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100914

Xu Xu, Markum Reed

引用次数: 9

When does remote electronic access (not) boost productivity? Longitudinal evidence from Portugal 什么时候远程电子访问能(不能)提高工作效率?来自葡萄牙的纵向证据

IF 2.8 3区经济学

Information Economics and Policy Pub Date : 2021-09-01 DOI: 10.1016/j.infoecopol.2021.100923

Natália P. Monteiro , Odd Rune Straume , Marieta Valente

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引用次数: 4