NTT DoCoMo's launch of I-mode in the Japanese mobile phone market: A knowledge creation perspective

Journal of Management Studies

Volumn 44, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 50-72

  Peltokorpi, Vesa ^a,b   Nonaka, Ikujiro ^c   Kodama, Mitsuru ^c  

^a HITOTSUBASHI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b National Center of Sciences   (Japan)

^c NONE

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EID: 33846054480     PISSN: 00222380     EISSN: 14676486     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-6486.2007.00664.x     Document Type: Review

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