Design rules for platform leaders

Platforms, Markets and Innovation

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 306-321

  Brusoni, Stefano ^a   Prencipe, Andrea ^b  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b University G d'Annunz   (Italy)

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