The installed base effect: some empirical evidence from the microcomputer market

Economics of Innovation and New Technology

Volumn 8, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 273-310

  Koski, Heli A ^a  

^a VU UNIVERSITY AMSTERDAM   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

Compatibility; Installed base of users; Network externalities; Timing of adoption

Indexed keywords

EID: 9944223480     PISSN: 10438599     EISSN: 14768364     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/10438599900000012     Document Type: Article

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