Information goods vs. industrial goods: Cost structure and competition

Management Science

Volumn 57, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 164-176

  Jones, Roy ^a   Mendelson, Haim ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ROCHESTER   (United States)

^b STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Convex development cost; Information goods; Product and price competition

Indexed keywords

CONVEX DEVELOPMENT; COST STRUCTURE; FREE ENTRY; INDUSTRIAL GOODS; INFORMATION GOODS; NETWORK EFFECTS; PRODUCT AND PRICE COMPETITION; SINGLE PRODUCT;

COMMERCE; COST FUNCTIONS; COSTS; INDUSTRY;

COMPETITION;

EID: 79551702644     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1100.1262     Document Type: Article

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