Can vendors influence switching costs and compatibility in an environment with open standards?

MIS Quarterly: Management Information Systems

Volumn 30, Issue SPEC. ISS., 2006, Pages 541-562

  Chen, Pei Yu ^a   Forman, Chris ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Open standards; Routers; Switches; Switching costs

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER HARDWARE; MANAGEMENT INFORMATION SYSTEMS; OPTICAL SWITCHES; ROUTERS; STANDARDS; TOPOLOGY;

COMPATIBILITY; OPEN STANDARDS; SWITCHING COSTS;

INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY;

EID: 33845978385     PISSN: 02767783     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2307/25148772     Document Type: Article

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