Standardization and business models for platform competition: The case of mobile television

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research

Volumn 7, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 1-12

  Ballon, Pieter ^a   Hawkins, Richard ^b  

^a FREE UNIVERSITY OF BRUSSELS   (Belgium)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CALGARY   (Canada)

Author keywords

Business models; DVB H; Mobile tv; Platform competition; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 70149084167     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2009010101     Document Type: Article

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