The evolution of market structure in semiconductors: The role of product standards

Research Policy

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2000, Pages 725-740

  Gruber, Harald ^a  

^a Projects Directorate   (Belgium)

Author keywords

L1; L63; Learning by doing; Market structure; Product innovation; Product standard; Semiconductors

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000540724     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0048-7333(99)00046-3     Document Type: Article

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