Dr Tanya Sammut Bonnici
     

Current Research

       
 		  
 
Bibliography
Information Economy, Complexity

Key words: Network Economics, Network Effect, Network Externalities, Critical Mass, Winner-Takes-All, Standard Wars, Market Shares, ICT Economy, Information Economy, Complexity, Mobile Telecommunications.
        
 
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