The Network Externalities Hypothesis and Competitive Network Growth

Journal of Organizational Computing and Electronic Commerce

Volumn 12, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 59-83

  Kauffman, Robert J ^b   Wang, Yu Ming ^a  

^a CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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EID: 0036109349     PISSN: 10919392     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1207/S15327744JOCE1201_05     Document Type: Article

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