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Network externalities, competition, and compatibility
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This article is published in The American Economic Review.The article was published on 1985-01-01 and is currently open access. It has received 6100 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Network economics.read more
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The late take-off phenomenon in the diffusion of telecommunication services: network effect and the critical mass
TL;DR: It is found that the late take-off phenomenon resulted from the low heterogeneity of the threshold distribution for the potential adopters in a new diffusion model based on the threshold model proposed by Markus.
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Sustainability Condition of Open Innovation: Dynamic Growth of Alibaba from SME to Large Enterprise
TL;DR: Wang et al. as discussed by the authors investigated the expanded open business model feedback loop platform, the continuously strengthened open-innovation-friendly culture, and complexity, with the latter being the cost of open innovation, which was controlled by an openinnovationfriendly culture and open business models feedback loop.
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The impact of technology advancement strategies on consumers' patronage decisions
Jae H. Pae,Jung Suk Hyun +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, a systematic framework was proposed to explore the nature of the links between technology advancement strategies and consumer technology patronage via network externalities and switching costs, based on consumer survey data from South Korea.
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Forecasting sales and product evolution: The case of the hybrid/electric car
Yair Orbach,Gila E. Fruchter +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors present a model that forecasts sales and product evolution, based on data on market and industry, which can be collected before the product is introduced, and demonstrate the method on the hybrid car market.
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Competing by Restricting Choice: The Case of Search Platforms
TL;DR: The authors developed a stylized model of online dating where agents with different outside options match based on how much they like each other, and derived the strength and direction of indirect network effects.
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Tax Analysis in an Oligopoly Model
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TL;DR: In this article, the authors use the conjectural variations model of oligopoly to analyze the way in which the incidence of a tax depends upon the pattern of firm interaction and show that the errors that arise in excess burden calculations when incorrect assumptions on market structure are made.
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Tax Analysis in an Oligopoly Model
Michael L. Katz,Harvey S. Rosen +1 more
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors use the conjectural variations model of oligopoly to analyze the way in which the incidence of a tax depends on the pattern of firm interaction and show that the errors that can arise in excess burden calculations when incorrect assumptions on market structure are made.