Technology revolutions in the presence of network externalities

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 785-800

  Shy, Oz ^a,b  

^a TEL AVIV UNIVERSITY   (Israel)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

Author keywords

Network externalities; Technology adoption; Technology revolutions

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444431934     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7187(96)01011-9     Document Type: Article

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