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SCHOOL: ADVISORS: COMMITTEE MEMBERS: MPACT Status: Incomplete - Not_Inspected Title: Compatibility standards, market power, and antitrust policy: Proprietary interfaces and their alternatives
Abstract: "This theory-building study answers the following question: ""why do multi-generation standards-based monopolies not seem to have the typical anticonsumer effects that economic theory predicts?"" The author argues that innovation, competitive pricing, entry of new competitors, and compatibility can be maintained, in spite of a de facto monopoly, due to the special conditions that often characterize compatibility standards. The competitive conditions include the existence of substitutes in the form of prior versions, commoditization of the interface, uncertainty resulting from rapid technological advance, and licensing agreements that ensure compatibility. The study also evaluates antitrust issues including product preannouncements, bundling, leveraging, mergers, and pricing. The primary case study is Microsoft's dominance in personal computer operating systems. |
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Students under Ian Patrick MacInnes
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COMMITTEESHIPS:
- John Beachboard - Syracuse University (1999)
- Nelson Massad - Syracuse University (2003)
- Nora Irene Misiolek - Syracuse University (2006)
- Chingning Wang - Syracuse University (2007)
- Raed M. Sharif - Syracuse University (2013)