The perpetual trouble with network products: Why IT firms choose partial compatibility
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Keywords
Compatibility; Network Products; Network Effects;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- C72 - Mathematical and Quantitative Methods - - Game Theory and Bargaining Theory - - - Noncooperative Games
- L13 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets
- L15 - Industrial Organization - - Market Structure, Firm Strategy, and Market Performance - - - Information and Product Quality
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-BEC-2021-08-30 (Business Economics)
- NEP-COM-2021-08-30 (Industrial Competition)
- NEP-GTH-2021-08-30 (Game Theory)
- NEP-ICT-2021-08-30 (Information and Communication Technologies)
- NEP-IND-2021-08-30 (Industrial Organization)
- NEP-ISF-2021-08-30 (Islamic Finance)
- NEP-MIC-2021-08-30 (Microeconomics)
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