The emergence of MP3 technology

Journal of Historical Research in Marketing

Volumn 2, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 397-425

  Denegri Knott, Janice ^a   Tadajewski, Mark ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEICESTER   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

History; Internet; Music; New products; Product development

Indexed keywords

EID: 84893483039     PISSN: 1755750X     EISSN: 17557518     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/17557501011092466     Document Type: Article

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