Industry architecture as a determinant of successful platform strategies: A case study of the i-mode mobile Internet service

European Management Review

Volumn 6, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 217-232

  Tee, Richard ^a   Gawer, Annabelle ^a  

^a IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Architectural advantage; Industry architecture; Mobile telephony industry; Platform; Platform leadership; Value appropriation; Value creation

Indexed keywords

EID: 71949085240     PISSN: 17404754     EISSN: 17404762     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1057/emr.2009.22     Document Type: Article

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