Three Roads to P2P Systems and Their Impact on Business Practices and Ethics

Journal of Business Ethics

Volumn 90, Issue SUPPL. 4, 2009, Pages 551-564

  Pagallo, Ugo ^a   Durante, Massimo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TURIN   (Italy)

Author keywords

information ethics; ontology; P2P systems; topology of complex social networks; value chain

Indexed keywords

EID: 77957256913     PISSN: 01674544     EISSN: 15730697     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10551-010-0606-y     Document Type: Article

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