Compatibility standards and industry competition: Two case studies

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 4, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 97-112

  Lehr, William ^a  

^a Howard Hughes Medical Institute   (United States)

Author keywords

Industrial organization; Information technology and open systems; Market structure and technical progress; Telecommunications; Voluntary compatibility standards and standardization

Indexed keywords

EID: 84970889740     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599600000002     Document Type: Article

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