Should Buyers Try to Shape IT Markets Through Non-Market (Collective) Action? Antecedents of a Transaction Cost Theory of Network Effects

International Journal of IT Standards and Standardization Research (IJITSR)

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 44-67

  Reimers, Kai ^a   Li, Mingzhi ^b  

^a RWTH AACHEN UNIVERSITY   (Germany)

^b TSINGHUA UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

collective action; IT management; IT procurement; new technology; standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 85001863178     PISSN: 15393062     EISSN: 15393054     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4018/jitsr.2005010103     Document Type: Article

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