Appropriability mechanisms and the platform partnership decision: Evidence from enterprise software

Management Science

Volumn 59, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 102-121

  Huang, Peng ^a   Ceccagnoli, Marco ^b   Forman, Chris ^b   Wu, D J ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MARYLAND   (United States)

^b GEORGIA INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (United States)

Author keywords

Downstream capabilities; Intellectual property rights; Partnership; Platform; Software industry

Indexed keywords

DOWNSTREAM CAPABILITIES; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY RIGHTS; PARTNERSHIP; PLATFORM; SOFTWARE INDUSTRY;

COMMERCE; ENTERPRISE SOFTWARE; INFORMATION SERVICES; INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY; SOFTWARE ENGINEERING;

MERGERS AND ACQUISITIONS;

EID: 84874161384     PISSN: 00251909     EISSN: 15265501     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/mnsc.1120.1618     Document Type: Article

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