Coordination vs. differentiation in a standards war
Subtitle: 56k modems
By: Angelique Augereau, Shane Greenstein, Marc Rysman.
Contributors: Greenstein, Shane M.; Rysman, Marc Solomon.; National Bureau of Economic Research.
Series: NBER working paper series ;; working paper 10334; Working paper series (National Bureau of Economic Research : Online) ;; working paper no. 10334.
Publisher: National Bureau of Economic Research
Published: 2004
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Format: Electronic resource
Description: "56K modems were introduced under two competing incompatible standards.  We show the importance of competition between Internet Service Providers in the adoption process.  We show that ISPs were less likely to adopt the technology that more competitors adopted.  This result is particularly striking given that industry participants expected coordination on one standard or the other.  We speculate about the role of ISP differentiation in preventing the market form achieving standardization until a government organization intervened"--National Bureau of Economic Research web site.
Notes: Also available in print.
Includes bibliographical references.
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