Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market

Neil Gandal, Shane Mitchell Greenstein and David Joseph Salant ()
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Neil Gandal: Tel Aviv University

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Abstract: In this paper we develop a model with (1) differentiated consumers, (2) endogenous adoption times, (3) technical uncertainty, and (4) alternative technologies sponsored by competing vendors. We identify conditions under which orphaning arises endogenously in a framework of dynamic competition. We then use the model to examine the development of the micro-computer market in the early 1980s, when the orphaning of a widely-adopted operating system occurred. We find that the data characterizing this event are consistent with our theoretical framework.

JEL-codes: L (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1995-02-23
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Related works:
Working Paper: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market (1997)
Working Paper: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcumputer Market (1995)
Journal Article: Adoptions and Orphans in the Early Microcomputer Market (1999)
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