Competing across technology-differentiated channels: The impact of network externalities and switching costs

Management Science

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 483-496

  Viswanathan, Siva ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

Author keywords

E commerce; Game theoretic models; Network externalities; Online retailing; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

GAME-THEORETIC MODELS; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; ONLINE RETAILING; SWITCHING COSTS;

COMMERCE; ELECTRONIC COMMERCE; MARKETING; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SWITCHING; TECHNOLOGY; WORLD WIDE WEB;

COSTS;

EID: 18144386218     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1040.0338     Document Type: Article

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