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The focus of this paper is on trying to answer the question how the most promising ICT start-ups are positioned with regard to value creation in growing markets. The results of the study show that there are clearly a few most promising positions in the value network of emerging markets: either an infrastructure or application software supplier, or an application service provider.
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Warsta, J., Seppänen, V. (2007). Value Network Positioning of Expected Winners: Analysis of the Top Software Business Start-ups. In: Xu, L.D., Tjoa, A.M., Chaudhry, S.S. (eds) Research and Practical Issues of Enterprise Information Systems II. IFIP — The International Federation for Information Processing, vol 254. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-0-387-75902-9_5
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