On the identification of critical mass in internet-based services subject to network effects

Service Industries Journal

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 643-654

  Arroyo Barrigüete, Jose Luis ^a   Ernst, Ricardo ^b   López Sánchez, Jose Ignacio ^a   Orero Giménez, Alejandro ^c  

^a UNIVERSIDAD COMPLUTENSE DE MADRID   (Spain)

^b GEORGETOWN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSIDAD POLITÉCNICA DE MADRID   (Spain)

Author keywords

Critical mass; Internet based services; Network effects; Utility function

Indexed keywords

IDENTIFICATION METHOD; INTERNET; NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH; UTILITY SECTOR;

EID: 77951159653     PISSN: 02642069     EISSN: 17439507     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/02642060802253850     Document Type: Article

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