Standardization and experimentation: Ex ante vs. ex post standardization

European Journal of Political Economy

Volumn 12, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 273-290

  Choi, Jay Pil ^a  

^a Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Experimentation; Network externality; Standardization; Switching cost

Indexed keywords

EID: 0030242174     PISSN: 01762680     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0176-2680(95)00017-8     Document Type: Article

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