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Strategic Product Pre-announcements in Markets with Network Effects

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Jay Pil Choi () (Michigan State University)
Eirik Gaard Kristiansen () (Michigan State University)
Jae Nahm () (HKUST, Hong Kong)

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It is a widely adopted practice for firms to announce new products well in advance of actual market availability. The incentives for pre-announcements are stronger in markets with network effects because they can be used to induce the delay of consumers’ purchases and forestall the build-up of rival products’ installed bases. However, such announcements often are not fulfilled, raising antitrust concerns. We analyze the effects of product pre-announcements in the presence of network effects when firms are allowed to strategically make false announcements. We also discuss their implications for consumer welfare and anti-trust policy.

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Paper provided by NET Institute in its series Working Papers with number 05-09.

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Date of creation: Sep 2005
Date of revision: Sep 2005
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L1 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance
D8 - Microeconomics - - Information, Knowledge, and Uncertainty

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  1. Jay Pil Choi, 1994. "Irreversible Choice of Uncertain Technologies with Network Externalities," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 25(3), pages 382-401, Autumn. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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  2. Heiko A. Gerlach, 2004. "Announcement, Entry, and Preemption When Consumers Have Switching Costs," RAND Journal of Economics, The RAND Corporation, vol. 35(1), pages 184-202, Spring.
  3. Kreps, David M. & Milgrom, Paul & Roberts, John & Wilson, Robert, 1982. "Rational cooperation in the finitely repeated prisoners' dilemma," Journal of Economic Theory, Elsevier, vol. 27(2), pages 245-252, August. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
  4. Joseph Farrell & Garth Saloner, 1985. "Installed Base and Compatibility With Implications for Product Preannouncements," Working papers 385, Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT), Department of Economics.
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  5. Marco A. Haan, 2003. "Vaporware as a Means of Entry Deterrence," Journal of Industrial Economics, Blackwell Publishing, vol. 51(3), pages 345-358, 09. [Downloadable!] (restricted)
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