Will abandoning DRM have a boomerang effect on Apple? - An empirical analysis of lock-in and network effects

Proceedings of the 42nd Annual Hawaii International Conference on System Sciences, HICSS

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages

  Dörr, Jonathan ^a   Benlian, Alexander ^a   Grau, Christoph ^a   Wilde, Thomas ^a   Hess, Thomas ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COPYRIGHTS; SALES;

ADOPTION BEHAVIORS; ALTERNATIVE SOURCES; COPY PROTECTIONS; DEGREES OF FREEDOMS; DIGITAL RIGHTS MANAGEMENTS; EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS; LOCK-IN; NETWORK EFFECTS; ON-LINE MUSICS; RESPONSE BEHAVIORS; TWO COMPONENTS;

CUSTOMER SATISFACTION;

EID: 63349109140     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/HICSS.2009.511     Document Type: Conference Paper

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