The internet: A paradigmatic rupture in cumulative telecom evolution

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 5, Issue 4, 1996, Pages 1097-1126

  Kavassalis, Petros ^a   Solomon, Richard Jay ^a   Benghozi, Pierre Jean ^b  

^a MASSACHUSETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

^b CNRS   (France)

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EID: 0007807720     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/5.4.1097     Document Type: Article

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