Complexity of service value networks: Conceptualization and empirical investigation

IBM Systems Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 53-70

  Basole, Rahul C ^a   Rouse, William B ^a  

^a GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

INFORMATION MANAGEMENT; INFORMATION SERVICES; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

CONCEPTUALIZATION; INFORMATION AND COMMUNICATION TECHNOLOGY (ICT); SERVICE VALUE NETWORKS;

TELECOMMUNICATION NETWORKS;

EID: 44249115816     PISSN: 00188670     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1147/sj.471.0053     Document Type: Article

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