Switching costs and the choice of a standard setting process

Proceedings from the 2nd IEEE Conference on Standardization and Innovation in Information Technology, SIIT 2001

Volumn , Issue , 2001, Pages 206-216

  Van Wegberg, M ^a  

^a MAASTRICHT UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

STANDARDIZATION; SWITCHING;

COORDINATION COSTS; INDUSTRY STANDARDS; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; NETWORK FEATURES; NETWORK TECHNOLOGIES; STANDARD SETTING; STANDARDIZATION PROCESS; SWITCHING COSTS;

COSTS;

EID: 84954192786     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1109/SIIT.2001.968570     Document Type: Conference Paper

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