Innovation and dominant design in mobile telephony

Industry and Innovation

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2007, Pages 305-324

  Koski, Heli ^a   Kretschmer, Tobias ^b  

^a HELSINKI SCHOOL OF ECONOMICS   (Finland)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Dominant design; Min max principle; Mobile phone handsets; Product innovation

Indexed keywords

INNOVATION; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TELEPHONE NETWORK;

EID: 34547095999     PISSN: 13662716     EISSN: 14698390     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/13662710701369262     Document Type: Article

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