Entry and innovation in maturing markets: Virtual operators in mobile telecommunications

Technology Analysis and Strategic Management

Volumn 19, Issue 2, 2007, Pages 205-225

  Jaspers, Ferdinand ^a   Hulsink, Willem ^a,b   Theeuwes, Jules ^c  

^a ERASMUS UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^b WAGENINGEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

^c UNIVERSITY OF AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HIGH TECHNOLOGY INDUSTRY; INDUSTRIAL COMPETITION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; VERTICAL INTEGRATION;

BENELUX; EURASIA; EUROPE; NETHERLANDS; WESTERN EUROPE;

EID: 33947245031     PISSN: 09537325     EISSN: 14653990     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/09537320601168144     Document Type: Article

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