Virtual currency schemes – The future of financial services

Foresight

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 365-377

  Mikołajewicz WoźNiak, Alicja ^a   Scheibe, Anna ^a  

^a ADAM MICKIEWICZ UNIVERSITY   (Poland)

Author keywords

Financial services; Forecasting; Information society; Internet; Scenario planning

Indexed keywords

EID: 84937708072     PISSN: 14636689     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1108/FS-04-2014-0021     Document Type: Article

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