Compatibility standards and monopoly incentives: the impact of service-based software licensing

International Journal of Services and Standards

Volumn 1, Issue 3, 2005, Pages 255-270

  MacInnes, Ian ^a  

^a SYRACUSE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

compatibility; competition; incentives; licensing; monopoly; service; software; standards

Indexed keywords

EID: 33644540643     PISSN: 17408849     EISSN: 17408857     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1504/IJSS.2005.005799     Document Type: Article

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