Dynamic competition strategy for online knowledge-sharing platforms

International Journal of Electronic Commerce

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 41-76

  Kim, Kihoon ^a   Tse, Edison ^b  

^a Korea University   (South Korea)

^b Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential game; e commerce; economics of IS; knowledge sharing service; two sided markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 81255176914     PISSN: 10864415     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2753/JEC1086-4415160102     Document Type: Article

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