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Complementary network externalities and technological adoption

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Church, Jeffrey, Gandal, Neil·1993·International Journal of Industrial Organization
DOI 10.1016/0167-7187(93)90006-x
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Abstract We address the adoption of technology when there are network externalities and networks are characterized by complementary products produced by different firms. We show that when the software firms are Bertrand competitors, a hardware technology with lower software development costs is adopted for many parameter values for which it is socially optimal to adopt the other technology. The over-adoption is due to a discrepancy between the private and social benefit of having a larger network.

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Authors
Church, J., & Gandal, N.
Venue
International Journal of Industrial Organization
Publisher
Elsevier BV
Published
1993-06
Volume
11
Issue
2
Pages
239-260
ISSN
0167-7187 (ISSN-L)
DOI
10.1016/0167-7187(93)90006-x
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W2038701471
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230
References
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journal article
Language
en
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