Methodology of business ecosystems network analysis: A case study in telecom italia future centre

Technological Forecasting and Social Change

Volumn 80, Issue 6, 2013, Pages 1194-1210

  Battistella, Cinzia ^a   Colucci, Katia ^b   De Toni, Alberto F ^a   Nonino, Fabio ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UDINE   (Italy)

^b TELECOM ITALIA   (Italy)

^c SAPIENZA UNIVERSITY OF ROME   (Italy)

Author keywords

Business ecosystem; Case study; Foresight; Methodology of business ecosystem network analysis; Telecom Italia Future Centre

Indexed keywords

BUSINESS ECOSYSTEM; FORESIGHT; MODELLING LANGUAGE; NETWORK STRUCTURES; STRATEGIC ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC GUIDANCE; STRATEGIC MANAGEMENT; TELECOM ITALIA;

RESEARCH; TELECOMMUNICATION; TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

ECOSYSTEMS;

BUSINESS; DIGITAL IMAGE; ECOSYSTEM MODELING; METHODOLOGY; NETWORK ANALYSIS; STRATEGIC APPROACH;

ITALY;

EID: 84878352400     PISSN: 00401625     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.techfore.2012.11.002     Document Type: Article

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