Industrial evolution through complementary convergence: The case of IT security

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 20, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 57-89

  Christensen, Jens Frøslev ^a  

^a Copenhagen Business School ^*  (Denmark)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CONVERGENCE; INDUSTRIAL ENTERPRISE; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; MERGER; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

EID: 79251566781     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: 14643650     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/dtq068     Document Type: Article

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