The paradoxes of change and control in digital infrastructures: The mobile operating systems case

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

Volumn , Issue , 2011, Pages 26-35

  Tilson, David ^a   Sørensen, Carsten ^b   Lyytinen, Kalle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Apple; Digital infrastructures; IOS; Mobile operating system; Paradoxes of change and control; Symbian

Indexed keywords

APPLE; DIGITAL INFRASTRUCTURES; IOS; MOBILE OPERATING SYSTEMS; PARADOXES OF CHANGE AND CONTROL; SYMBIAN;

FRUITS; USER INTERFACES;

ECOLOGY;

EID: 80455174159     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/ICMB.2011.45     Document Type: Conference Paper

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