The emerging value network in the mobile phone industry: The case of Japan and its implications for the rest of the world

Telecommunications Policy

Volumn 33, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 4-18

  Funk, Jeffrey L ^a  

^a NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE   (Singapore)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Internet; Japan; Mobile phones; Network effects; Value networks

Indexed keywords

INTERNET; MOBILE DEVICES; MOBILE PHONES; MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS; STANDARDS; TELECOMMUNICATION EQUIPMENT; TELEPHONE; TELEPHONE SETS; TELEPHONE SYSTEMS; WIRELESS NETWORKS;

CRITICAL MASS; INTERFACE STANDARDS; INTERNET MARKETS; JAPAN; MOBILE-PHONE INDUSTRIES; NETWORK EFFECTS; POLICY MAKINGS; PRODUCTS AND SERVICES; STANDARD SETTINGS; TECHNOLOGICAL CAPABILITIES; VALUE CHAINS; VALUE NETWORKS;

TELEPHONE CIRCUITS;

EID: 59649092882     PISSN: 03085961     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.telpol.2008.09.002     Document Type: Article

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