Convergence: A challenge for mobile telecommunication operators - The case of the German T-Mobile

International Journal of Mobile Communications

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 143-162

  Schweizer, Lars ^a  

^a GRENOBLE ECOLE DE MANAGEMENT   (France)

Author keywords

Alliances; Business models strategies; Co opetition; Convergence; Deconstruction; M commerce; Mobile telecommunications; Value net

Indexed keywords

CELLULAR NEURAL NETWORKS; CONVERGENCE OF NUMERICAL METHODS; INDUSTRY; INFORMATION THEORY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; MODELS;

ALLIANCES; BUSINESS MODELS/STRATEGIES; CO-OPETITIONS; CONVERGENCE; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATIONS; VALUE NET;

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

EID: 32644447878     PISSN: 1470949X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJMC.2006.008606     Document Type: Article

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