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The Emerging Governance of E-Infrastructure

  1. Franz Barjak1,
  2. Kathryn Eccles2,
  3. Eric T. Meyer2,
  4. Simon Robinson3,
  5. Ralph Schroeder2

Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013

DOI: 10.1111/jcc4.12000

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Journal of Computer‐Mediated Communication

Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication

Volume 18, Issue 2, pages 1–24, January 2013

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Barjak, F., Eccles, K., Meyer, E. T., Robinson, S. and Schroeder, R. (2013), The Emerging Governance of E-Infrastructure. Journal of Computer-Mediated Communication, 18: 1–24. doi: 10.1111/jcc4.12000

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  1. 1

    School of Business, University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland, Switzerland

  2. 2

    Oxford Internet Institute, University of Oxford, United Kingdom

  3. 3

    empirica Communication and Technology Research, Germany

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  1. Issue published online: 29 JAN 2013
  2. Article first published online: 16 JAN 2013

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