The architecture of platforms: A unified view

Platforms, Markets and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 19-44

  Baldwin, Carliss Y ^a   Woodard, C Jason ^b  

^a HARVARD BUSINESS SCHOOL   (United States)

^b SINGAPORE MANAGEMENT UNIVERSITY   (Singapore)

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