Platform architecture and quality trade-offs of multihoming complements

Information Systems Research

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 2018, Pages 461-478

  Cennamo, Carmelo ^a   Ozalp, Hakan ^b   Kretschmer, Tobias ^c,d  

^a BOCCONI UNIVERSITY   (Italy)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^c UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^d CEPR   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Complement quality; Cospecialization; Multihoming; Platform architecture; Platform complexity; Platforms; Video games

Indexed keywords

ARCHITECTURE; COMMERCE; HUMAN COMPUTER INTERACTION; INTERACTIVE COMPUTER GRAPHICS; PRODUCT DESIGN;

COSPECIALIZATION; MULTI-HOMING; PLATFORM ARCHITECTURE; PLATFORM COMPLEXITY; PLATFORMS; VIDEO GAME;

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

EID: 85048691840     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2018.0779     Document Type: Article

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