How High-Technology Start-Up Firms May Overcome Direct and Indirect Network Externalities

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Author(s): Mark Pruett (George Mason University, USA), Hun Lee (George Mason University, USA), Ji-Ren Lee (National Taiwan University, Taiwan)and Donald O’Neal (University of Illinois-Springfield, USA)
Copyright: 2006
Pages: 15
Source title: Advanced Topics in Information Technology Standards and Standardization Research, Volume 1
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): Kai Jakobs (Aachen University, Germany)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-59140-938-0.ch016

Keywords: Computer Science & IT / Information Science Reference / IT Policy & Standardization / IT Policy and Standardization

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This chapter presents a conceptual model of strategic choice for high-technology start-up firms in the face of network externalities—the strength of the market’s preference for standardized technology. Our model suggests that the commercialization strategies followed by such a firm will depend on the type of network externalitites—direct vs. indirect—as well as the degree of appropriability—the firm’s ability to retain the value of innovation. We offer a number of propositions generated by the model and discuss their implications.

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