Manipulating interface standards as an anticompetitive strategy

Standards and Public Policy

Volumn , Issue , 2006, Pages 231-259

  Mackie Mason, Jeffrey K ^a   Netz, Janet S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MICHIGAN   (United States)

^b ApplEcon LLC   (United States)

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EID: 70349623896     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1017/CBO9780511493249.008     Document Type: Chapter

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