Beyond e-business models: The road to virtual worlds

Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 9, Issue 1-2, 2009, Pages 49-75

  Cagnina, Maria Rosita ^a   Poian, Michele ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business model; Drivers of value; Qualitative approach; Radar map; Virtual worlds

Indexed keywords

INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; RADAR;

BUSINESS MODELS; DRIVER OF VALUE; E-BUSINESS MODELS; QUALITATIVE APPROACH; QUALITATIVE METHODOLOGIES; RADAR MAP; VALUE DRIVERS; VALUE PROPOSITION; VIRTUAL WORLDS;

VIRTUAL REALITY;

EID: 65049084187     PISSN: 13895753     EISSN: 15729362     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10660-009-9027-3     Document Type: Article

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