Industrial Economics and Strategy: Computing Platforms

Shane Greenstein

Chapter 43 in Diamonds are Forever, Computers are Not:Economic and Strategic Management in Computing Markets, 2004, pp 270-287 from World Scientific Publishing Co. Pte. Ltd.

Abstract: AbstractThe following sections are included:Forces for inertiaPlatformsConcentrationStandardizationFocus on the platform, not the firmForces for changeNew platformsMobility of platformsPotential entry and the futureVertical disintegrationCompetitive crashesDiffusion of client-server platformsFormulating strategy when platforms are fluidEmergence of dominance after the competitive crashPersistence of incumbentsOn predicting the direction of technical changeCommunications in vertical relationshipsFirm contact in vertically disintegrated marketsCompetition check on vertical relationshipsUse of structural reform as a policy instrumentGrowing new platforms for today's systemsParting words

Keywords: Economics; Computing; Communications; Information Technology; Internet; Markets; Business Strategy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2004
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