We study the strategic choice of compatibility between two initially incompatible software packages in a two-stage game by an incumbent and an entrant firm. Consumers enjoy network externality in consumption and maximise expected surplus over the two periods. Compatibility may be achieved by...

<em> Indicatori sintetici ed aree geografiche sub-nazionali: un'applicazione all'economia italiana </em> (by Antonio Corvino, Ernesto Somma) - ABSTRACT: Objectives The use of synthetic indicators for the reading and interpretation of phenomena of economic character has assumed during the time an...

We study the strategic choice of compatibility between two initially incompatible network goods in a two-stage game played by an incumbent and an entrant firm. Compatibility may be achieved by means of a converter. We derive a number of results under different assumptions about the nature of the...