An assessment of mobile OS-centric ecosystems

Journal of Theoretical and Applied Electronic Commerce Research

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 2011, Pages 50-62

  Campbell, Piers R J ^a   Ahmed, Faheem ^a  

^a UNITED ARAB EMIRATES UNIVERSITY   (United Arab Emirates)

Author keywords

Ecosystems; Mobile devices; Mobile operating systems; Software business model; Software development

Indexed keywords

EID: 80052018342     PISSN: None     EISSN: 07181876     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-18762011000200006     Document Type: Article

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