Technology ecosystem governance

Organization Science

Volumn 25, Issue 4, 2014, Pages 1195-1215

  Wareham, Jonathan ^a   Fox, Paul B ^b   Giner, Josep Lluís Cano ^a  

^a ESADE BUSINESS SCHOOL   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT RAMON LLULL   (Spain)

Author keywords

Governance; Paradox; Platforms; Technology ecosystems; Tensions

Indexed keywords

EID: 84904902356     PISSN: 10477039     EISSN: 15265455     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/orsc.2014.0895     Document Type: Article

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