Will Network Infrastructure Optimization Make Manufacturing Enterprises "Out of Real to Virtual"? --- A Quasi-Natural Experiment from the "Broadband China" Policy

Xiaoxuan Ren; Changyao Chen; Qian Nie

doi:10.54254/2977-5701/9/2024090

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Received: 21 August 2024

Published: 25 September 2024

DOI: https://doi.org/10.54254/2977-5701/9/2024090

Article Type: Research Article

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Ren,X.;Chen,C.;Nie,Q. (2024). Will Network Infrastructure Optimization Make Manufacturing Enterprises "Out of Real to Virtual"? --- A Quasi-Natural Experiment from the "Broadband China" Policy. Journal of Applied Economics and Policy Studies,9,84-96.

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