From business concept innovation to a business system: A case study of a virtual city portal

International Journal of Business Innovation and Research

Volumn 2, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 314-329

  Pynnönen, Mikko ^a   Kytölä, Olli ^a  

^a LAPPEENRANTA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Finland)

Author keywords

Business concept; Business model; Business system; Customer need; Customer value; E government; Innovation; Portal; Value network

Indexed keywords

EID: 41149155495     PISSN: 17510252     EISSN: 17510260     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJBIR.2008.017524     Document Type: Article

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