Adoption of network technologies in oligopolies

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 16, Issue 4, 1998, Pages 415-444

  Belleflamme, Paul ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NAMUR   (Belgium)

Author keywords

Network externalities; Oligopoly; Standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 0032392385     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/s0167-7187(98)00003-4     Document Type: Article

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