Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China

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Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China. / Christensen, Hilda Rømer.

Lecture Notes in Computer Science: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems. ed. / H. Krömker. Vol. 11596 Cham : Springer, 2019. p. 368-377 (HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems).

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Christensen, HR 2019, Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China. in H Krömker (ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems. vol. 11596, Springer, Cham, HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems, pp. 368-377. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22666-4_27

APA

Christensen, H. R. (2019). Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China. In H. Krömker (Ed.), Lecture Notes in Computer Science: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems (Vol. 11596, pp. 368-377). Springer. HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22666-4_27

Vancouver

Christensen HR. Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China. In Krömker H, editor, Lecture Notes in Computer Science: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems. Vol. 11596. Cham: Springer. 2019. p. 368-377. (HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems). https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-22666-4_27

Author

Christensen, Hilda Rømer. / Smart Biking as Gendered Innovations? The Case of Mobike in China. Lecture Notes in Computer Science: HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems. editor / H. Krömker. Vol. 11596 Cham : Springer, 2019. pp. 368-377 (HCI in Mobility, Transport, and Automotive Systems).

Bibtex

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