Technological platforms : An assessment of the primary types of technological platforms, their strategic issues and their linkages to organizational theory

Journal fur Betriebswirtschaft

Volumn 61, Issue 2-3, 2011, Pages 179-226

  Piezunka, Henning ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Industry platform; Product platform; Two sided markets

Indexed keywords

EID: 81355127360     PISSN: 03449327     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11301-011-0078-x     Document Type: Article

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