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20 Years of Research in Electronic Markets and Networked Business: An Interview with Thomas Malone

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  1. After leaving Xerox, Paul Strassmann became one of the leading commentators on the evolution of the IT industry. Among the notable things in his career was serving as Under Secretary for Defense within the US Department of Defense, where he managed the IT and communications portfolio during the first Gulf War.

  2. Nolan and Gibson (July, 1973). "Managing the computer resource: a stage hypothesis". Communications of the ACM (Association for Computing Machinery) 16 (7): 399–405.

  3. Malone and Smith,1988,Modeling the performance of Organizational Structures, Operations Research,36,421-436

  4. Wigand and Benjamin papers: Our 1995 Sloan Management Review publication “Electronic Markets and Virtual Value Chains on the Information Superhighway.” and our 1996 publication “Electronic Commerce: Effects on Electronic Markets” in the Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication.

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Wigand, R.T. 20 Years of Research in Electronic Markets and Networked Business: An Interview with Thomas Malone. Electron Markets 21, 5–17 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s12525-011-0053-3

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