Business model analysis as a new tool for policy evaluation: Policies for digital content platforms

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Volumn 9, Issue 5, 2007, Pages 86-100

  Poel, Martijn ^a,b   Renda, Andrea ^c,d   Ballon, Pieter ^a,e  

^a TNO   (Netherlands)

^b DELFT UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Netherlands)

^c CENTRE FOR EUROPEAN POLICY STUDIES   (Belgium)

^d LUISS UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^e VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business policy; Competitive strategy; Digital communication systems; General management; Innovation; Organizations

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; MARKET CONDITIONS; MOBILE COMMUNICATION; MODEL; POLICY APPROACH; TECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 34547886849     PISSN: 14636697     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/14636690710816471     Document Type: Article

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