Model for profiting from software innovations in the new era in computing

Technovation

Volumn 27, Issue 4, 2007, Pages 179-193

  Pykäläinen, Timo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF EASTERN FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business innovation; Business model; Open source software (OSS); Software

Indexed keywords

ASSET MANAGEMENT; COMPUTER SOFTWARE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

BUSINESS INNOVATION; BUSINESS MODEL; OPEN SOURCE SOFTWARE (OSS);

COMPUTATIONAL METHODS;

EID: 33947105946     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2006.11.005     Document Type: Article

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