The Characteristics of Users in the Adoption of Low Loss Microwaves Transmission Glass: A Conceptual Paper.

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Procedia - Social and Behavioral Sciences 219 ( 2016 ) 548 – 554

Peer-review under responsibility of the Organizing Committee of the 3rd GCBSS-2015 doi: 10.1016/j.sbspro.2016.05.033

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2.1.1. Commitment to product field

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