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Dynamic Incompatibility, Bundling and Innovation in Systems Markets

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  • Gwanghoon Lee

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This paper analyzes R&D incentives in systems markets where two or more complementary components must be used in combination to serve consumers. I consider the situation where innovation in one component may result in incompatibility with other components. Bundling components turns out to improve R&D incentives regardless of whether components are subject to dynamic compatibility or incompatibility. Bundling, however, improves R&D incentives more in the case of dynamic incompatibility than in the case of dynamic compatibility. These results provide economic justifications of bundling in systems markets when strong complementarity between components makes them subject to the dynamic incompatibility.

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  • Gwanghoon Lee, 2000. "Dynamic Incompatibility, Bundling and Innovation in Systems Markets," Korean Economic Review, Korean Economic Association, vol. 16, pages 165-177.
    • Handle: RePEc:kea:keappr:ker-200006-16-1-10
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    Keywords

    Systems market; Bundling; Dynamic Incompatibility; R&D; Innovation;
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    JEL classification:

    • L0 - Industrial Organization - - General
    • L4 - Industrial Organization - - Antitrust Issues and Policies

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