The city as a platform: Exploring the potential role(s) of the city in mobile service provision through a mobile service platform typology

Proceedings - 2011 10th International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2011

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 60-67

  Walravens, Nils ^a   Ballon, Pieter ^a  

^a VRIJE UNIVERSITEIT BRUSSEL   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Business models; Mobile services; Platform typology; Platforms; Smart Cities

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; MOBILE SERVICE; PLATFORM TYPOLOGY; PLATFORMS; SMART CITIES;

PUBLIC RELATIONS;

ELECTRONIC COMMERCE;

EID: 80455157996     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB.2011.22     Document Type: Conference Paper

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