Adoption and Sustainability of New Technologies
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: JOURNAL OF RURAL SOCIETY AND ECONOMICS
سال: 2013
ISSN: 2187-297X,2187-3933
DOI: 10.11617/jrse.31.1_39