An analytical framework for evaluating peer-to-peer business models

Electronic Commerce Research and Applications

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 105-118

  Hughes, Jerald ^a   Lang, Karl R ^b   Vragov, Roumen ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS PAN AMERICAN   (United States)

^b CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

Author keywords

Business models; Digital entertainment; Digital music; Electronic markets; Online content sharing; Peer to peer file sharing systems

Indexed keywords

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; INFORMATION DISSEMINATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

BUSINESS MODELS; DIGITAL ENTERTAINMENT; DIGITAL MUSIC; ELECTRONIC MARKETS; ONLINE CONTENT SHARING; PEER TO PEER FILE SHARING SYSTEMS;

DISTRIBUTED COMPUTER SYSTEMS;

EID: 41749103785     PISSN: 15674223     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.elerap.2007.01.001     Document Type: Article

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