Functional degradation and asymmetric network effects

Journal of Industrial Economics

Volumn 54, Issue 2, 2006, Pages 253-268

  Csorba, Gergely ^a,b   Hahn, Jong Hee ^c  

^a INSTITUTE OF EXPERIMENTAL MEDICINE   (Hungary)

^b CENTRAL EUROPEAN UNIVERSITY   (Hungary)

^c Yonsei University   (South Korea)

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EID: 33744953126     PISSN: 00221821     EISSN: 14676451     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6451.2006.00282.x     Document Type: Article

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