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| Author: | Garcia Marinoso, B. |
| Title: | Technological incompatibility, endogenous switching costs and lock-in |
| Journal: | Journal of Industrial Economics
2001 : SEP, VOL. 49:3, p. 281-298 |
| Index terms: | COMPETITION CONSUMER BEHAVIOUR SWITCHING COSTS TECHNOLOGY |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | Systems are goods comprising of durables that are sequentially updated with complements. With sequential purchases, if suppliers produce incompatible brands, consumers who upgrade systems with complements of a different brand must replace the durables they own. Thus, the price of these durables is an endogenous switching cost. The paper deals with the concern that firms may use incompatibility to create consumer's switching costs to reduce competition in aftermarkets. |
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