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This chapter attempts to assemble and systematise empirical observations of the diffusion of IT-applications to various sectors and locations in several countries. The notion IT refers to information technology, which comprises microprocessors and their electronic equivalents in the form of integrated and interlinked circuit devices.
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Fischer, M.M., Johansson, B. (1994). Networks for Process Innovation by Firms: Conjectures from Observations in Three Countries. In: Johansson, B., Karlsson, C., Westin, L. (eds) Patterns of a Network Economy. Advances in Spatial and Network Economics. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-78898-7_16
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