Web 2.0 is cheap: Supply exceeds demand

Prometheus: Critical Studies in Innovation

Volumn 28, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 267-285

  Rayna, Thierry ^a   Striukova, Ludmila ^b  

^a LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DEMAND ANALYSIS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MARKET CONDITIONS; SOFTWARE; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 78149387952     PISSN: 08109028     EISSN: 14701030     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/08109028.2010.522332     Document Type: Article

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