Avoiding market dominance: Product compatibility in markets with network effects

RAND Journal of Economics

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2009, Pages 455-485

  Chen, Jiawei ^a   Doraszelski, Ulrich ^b   Harrington Jr , Joseph E ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA   (United States)

^b HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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EID: 70350138699     PISSN: 07416261     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/j.1756-2171.2009.00073.x     Document Type: Article

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