Technical progress and co-invention in computing and in the uses of computers.
A study was conducted to examine the ongoing migration of corporate computer users from large mainframes to decentralized client-server systems. An extensive database that described individual computer ownership from 1988 to 1994 was employed. Findings revealed that the switch from mainframe to cl...
| Publicado en: | Brookings Papers on Economic Activity pp. 1 - 78 |
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Brookings Institution Press
1996 Microeconomics
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