The lean core in digital platforms

Technovation

Volumn 28, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 266-276

  Olleros, Xavier ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DU QUÉBEC À MONTRÉAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Platform core; Platform decentralization; Platform leadership; Platform periphery

Indexed keywords

CASE BASED REASONING; ECONOMIC ANALYSIS; MARKETING; SCALABILITY;

DIGITAL ECONOMY; PLATFORM CORES; PLATFORM DECENTRALIZATION; PLATFORM LEADERSHIPS; PLATFORM PERIPHERY;

DIGITAL DEVICES;

EID: 41149134998     PISSN: 01664972     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.technovation.2007.07.004     Document Type: Article

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