Value network analysis for complex service systems: a case study on Taiwan’s mobile application services

Service Business

Volumn 9, Issue 3, 2015, Pages 381-407

  Wang, Juite ^a   Lai, Jung Yu ^a   Hsiao, Li Chun ^a  

^a NATIONAL CHUNG HSING UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Mobile application services; Service science; Service systems; System dynamics; Value networks

Indexed keywords

EID: 84938738910     PISSN: 18628516     EISSN: 18628508     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11628-014-0237-y     Document Type: Article

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