Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy

Platform Ecosystems: Aligning Architecture, Governance, and Strategy

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-302

  Tiwana, Amrit ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GEORGIA   (United States)

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EID: 84903651987     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1016/C2012-0-06625-2     Document Type: Book

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