Lock-in and the costs of switching mainframe computer vendors: What do buyers see?

Industrial and Corporate Change

Volumn 6, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 247-273

  Greenstein, Shane M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ILLINOIS AT URBANA CHAMPAIGN   (United States)

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EID: 0011301640     PISSN: 09606491     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1093/icc/6.2.247     Document Type: Article

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