The impact of disruptive and sustaining digital technologies on scholarly journals

Journal of Scholarly Publishing

Volumn 48, Issue 1, 2016, Pages 17-39

  Greco, Albert N ^a  

^a FORDHAM UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Disruptive and sustaining technologies; Economic and marketing theories; Innovation; Scholarly journal publishers

Indexed keywords

EID: 85006467122     PISSN: 11989742     EISSN: 17101166     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3138/jsp.48.1.17     Document Type: Review

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