How about an app store?" enablers and constraints in platform strategies for mobile network operators

ICMB and GMR 2010 - 2010 9th International Conference on Mobile Business/2010 9th Global Mobility Roundtable

Volumn , Issue , 2010, Pages 66-73

  Gonçalves, Vânia ^a   Walravens, Nils ^a   Ballon, Pieter ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business models; Mobile network operators; Mobile services; Platform strategies; Platforms

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CORE COMPETENCE; END-USERS; HARDWARE MANUFACTURERS; MOBILE NETWORK OPERATORS; MOBILE SERVICE; MOBILE SOFTWARES; PLATFORM STRATEGY; SOFTWARE COMPANY;

COMPUTER SOFTWARE; GIANT MAGNETORESISTANCE; MAGNETIC FIELD EFFECTS;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 77954909365     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB-GMR.2010.41     Document Type: Conference Paper

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