Business ecosystems: Constructs, configurations, and the nurturing process

Business Ecosystems: Constructs, Configurations, and the Nurturing Process

Volumn , Issue , 2014, Pages 1-263

  Rong, Ke ^a   Shi, Yongjiang ^b  

^a BOURNEMOUTH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^b UNIVERSITY OF CAMBRIDGE   (United Kingdom)

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EID: 84960209593     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1057/9781137405920     Document Type: Book

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