Complementarity, coordination and compatibility: The role of fixed costs in the economics of systems

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 14, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 747-768

  Desruelle, Dominique ^a   Gaudet, Gérard ^b   Richelle, Yves ^b  

^a INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

Author keywords

Compatibility: Fixed costs; Complementarity; Network externalities; System effect

Indexed keywords

EID: 21444453095     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/0167-7187(96)01017-X     Document Type: Article

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