Corporate IT standardization: Product compatibility, exclusive purchase commitment, and competition effects

Information Systems Research

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1158-1174

  Li, Xinxin ^a   Chen, Yuxin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CONNECTICUT   (United States)

^b NORTHWESTERN UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Competition effects; Corporate IT standardization; Exclusive purchase commitment; Network effects; Product compatibility

Indexed keywords

COMPETITION; HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT; STANDARDIZATION;

COMPETITION EFFECTS; COMPETITIVE ADVANTAGE; EXCLUSIVE PURCHASE COMMITMENT; NETWORK EFFECTS; PRICE COMPETITION; PRODUCT COMPATIBILITY; THIRD PARTIES;

SALES;

EID: 84871592521     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1110.0412     Document Type: Article

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