Technology and business model learning leading to growth: start-up ventures in mobile internet

International Journal of Technoentrepreneurship

Volumn 1, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 35-57

  Sanz Velasco, Stefan A ^a  

^a CHALMERS UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Business Model (BM); entrepreneurship; learning; mobile internet; performance; start ups; technology

Indexed keywords

EID: 79952172829     PISSN: 17465370     EISSN: 17465389     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/ijte.2007.013268     Document Type: Article

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