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Measuring quality-adjusted price changes on the mobile market: a case study from Hungary 衡量移动市场上按质量调整的价格变化：匈牙利案例研究

Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance Pub Date : 2024-01-23 DOI: 10.1108/dprg-02-2023-0021

Zoltán Pápai, Péter Nagy, Aliz McLean

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Impact of information systems (IS) infusion on Open Government Data (OGD) adoption 注入信息系统（IS）对采用开放式政府数据（OGD）的影响

Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance Pub Date : 2024-01-16 DOI: 10.1108/dprg-07-2023-0107

Ricardo Matheus, C. Alexopoulos, N. Rizun, E. Loukis, Stuti Saxena

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Illuminating the dark corners: a qualitative examination of cryptocurrency’s risk 照亮黑暗角落：对加密货币风险的定性研究

Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance Pub Date : 2024-01-11 DOI: 10.1108/dprg-10-2023-0147

Kriti Mehta, Sonia Chawla

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Enhancing the democratic nature of voting processes within decentralized autonomous organizations 增强非集中化自治组织内部投票程序的民主性

Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance Pub Date : 2024-01-02 DOI: 10.1108/dprg-09-2023-0126

Colin Gilson, Sarah Bouraga

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