The economics of the smart card industry: Towards coopetitive strategies

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 2005, Pages 455-477

  M'Chirgui, Zouhaïer ^a  

^a Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique   (France)

Author keywords

Competition; Cooperation; Coopetition; Smart card; Strategy

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846298858     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/1043859042000304070     Document Type: Article

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