When less can be more - Setting technology levels in complementary goods markets

Research Policy

Volumn 44, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 328-339

  Claussen, Jörg ^a   Essling, Christian ^b   Kretschmer, Tobias ^b  

^a Department of International Economics and Management   (Denmark)

^b UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

Author keywords

Computer games industry; Technological change; Technological frontier

Indexed keywords

ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS;

COMPLEMENTARY GOODS; COMPLEMENTARY PRODUCTS; CONSUMER UTILITIES; DIFFERENTIAL EFFECT; MARKET POTENTIAL; TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE; TECHNOLOGICAL FRONTIER; TECHNOLOGICAL QUALITIES;

COMPUTER GAMES;

EID: 84920741591     PISSN: 00487333     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.respol.2014.10.005     Document Type: Article

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