quality provider. We also analyse the incentives for compatibility under quality uncertainty, and find that when quality … uncertainty is sufficiently high, compatibility may be used as a means of softening price competition.  …

This paper considers the effect of compatibility decisions on consumers and welfare in a setting where the platforms … platforms. The paper shows that imposing a higher degree of application compatibility, when applications are close substitutes …, may lower social welfare. Application compatibility is compared with platform compatibility and the results indicate that …

, including the impactof network externality, upgrade compatibility, and commitment on pricingin a dynamic environment. We show …

. Because policymakers have often made systems ''compatibility'' between market areas a pre-requisite to allowing cross …

chosen to enhance consumer acceptance of PHEVs and/or compatibility with the grid. Potential benefits of such grid …

these goals will require rapid development and deployment of information compatibility methods through technical and … inaccuracy of existing geodata, and areas where federal policy could lead the way to greater compatibility. …

This paper provides empirical evidence on the extent of network effects and compatibility between networks in mobile … willingness to pay on the installed base of subscribers. Compatibility is measured by the relative extent of cross- and own … telephone networks, low compatibility. We show also that ignoring network effects in empirical models of emerging network …