Technical Compatibility and the Mode of Foreign Entry under Network Externalities
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Keywords
Foreign Direct Investment; Oligopoly; Acquisition; Network Externalities; Technology Transfer; Technical Compatibility;All these keywords.
JEL classification:
- F13 - International Economics - - Trade - - - Trade Policy; International Trade Organizations
- F23 - International Economics - - International Factor Movements and International Business - - - Multinational Firms; International Business
- O32 - Economic Development, Innovation, Technological Change, and Growth - - Innovation; Research and Development; Technological Change; Intellectual Property Rights - - - Management of Technological Innovation and R&D
NEP fields
This paper has been announced in the following NEP Reports:- NEP-NET-2006-08-26 (Network Economics)
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