This paper analyses firms’ behaviour towards compatibility and the relation of these decisions with their incentives to … improvement by the rival, strategic pricing leads the dominant firm to support compatibility even if it could exclude its rivals … by using a patent for its invention. Furthermore, not only doesn’t interoperability de-facto maximise social welfare but …

compatibility. Different compatibility strategies will lead to different network externality, and thus result in different profit … for the producer of the proprietary software. We found that the proprietary producer¡¯s choice of compatibility strategy … depends on the market coverage conditions. When the market is fully covered, one-way compatibility is the best strategy for …

compatibility. Different compatibility strategies will lead to different network externality, and thus result in different profit … for the producer of the proprietary software. We found that the proprietary producer¡¯s choice of compatibility strategy … depends on the market coverage conditions. When the market is fully covered, one-way compatibility is the best strategy for …

We investigate private and social incentives for standardization to ensure market-wide system compatibility in a two … full compatibility because it offers more variety that confers a better match with their ideal specifications. However …, firms are likely to choose the minimal compatibility to maximize product differentiation and soften competition. This is in …

externalities and the compatibility between open source and proprietary software can change the impact of open source software on …