A note on critical masses, network externalities and converters

International Journal of Industrial Organization

Volumn 22, Issue 5, 2004, Pages 647-653

  Andreozzi, Luciano ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASSINO AND SOUTHERN LAZIO   (Italy)

^b NONE   (Italy)

Author keywords

Critical masses; Lock in; Network externalities; Standardization

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; GAME THEORY; MATRIX ALGEBRA; STANDARDIZATION; STANDARDS; TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER;

CRITICAL MASSES; LOCK-IN; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES;

SOCIETIES AND INSTITUTIONS;

EID: 2642522850     PISSN: 01677187     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijindorg.2004.01.005     Document Type: Article

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