The economics of gateway technologies and network evolution: Lessons from electricity supply history

Information Economics and Policy

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 1988, Pages 165-202

  David, Paul A ^a   Bunn, Julie Ann ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

electricity supply systems; gateway technologies; Network externalities; path dependence; standardization; technical compatibility

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000856287     PISSN: 01676245     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-6245(88)90024-8     Document Type: Article

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