The cybercrime ecosystem: Online innovation in the shadows?

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 541-555

  Kraemer Mbula, Erika ^a   Tang, Puay ^b   Rush, Howard ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRIGHTON   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Business models; Capabilities; Cybercrime; Digital ecosystems; Innovation; Networks; Value chains

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS MODELS; CAPABILITIES; CYBERCRIME; DIGITAL ECOSYSTEM; VALUE CHAINS;

CRIME; ECOSYSTEMS; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; NETWORKS (CIRCUITS);

COMPUTER CRIME;

CONCEPTUAL FRAMEWORK; INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY; INNOVATION; INTERNET; NUMERICAL MODEL; POLICY MAKING; WORLD WIDE WEB;

EID: 84873989630     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.07.002     Document Type: Article

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