PLATFORM COMPLEXITY: LESSONS FROM MOBILE WIRELESS

International Conference on Mobile Business, ICMB 2012

Volumn , Issue , 2012, Pages

  Tilson, David ^a   Sørensen, Carsten ^b   Lyytinen, Kalle ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Digital platforms; mobile wireless industry; platform complexity

Indexed keywords

MOBILE TELECOMMUNICATION SYSTEMS;

'CURRENT; ANCHOR POINT; DIGITAL PLATFORMS; IMPORTANT FEATURES; INHERENT COMPLEXITY; MOBILE WIRELESS; MOBILE WIRELESS INDUSTRY; PLATFORM COMPLEXITY; WIRELESS INDUSTRY;

WIRELESS NETWORKS;

EID: 85138699334     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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