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Compatibility Costs

Compatibility Cost is a type of switching cost that pertains to the expenses and inefficiencies incurred when integrating a new product, system, or service with existing technologies, processes, or organizational environments, distinguishing it from other switching costs by its focus on technical and operational interoperability.

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Converters, Compatibility, and the Control of Interfaces

Joseph Farrell, Garth Saloner · Journal of Industrial Economics · 1992 · 400 citations

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Can Vendors Influence Switching Costs and Compatibility in an Environment with Open Standards?1

Chen, Chris Forman · MIS Quarterly · 2006 · 120 citations

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The Costs of Changing the Representation of Action: Response Repetition and Response-Response Compatibility in Dual Tasks.

Stefanie Schuch, Iring Koch · Journal of Experimental Psychology Human Perception & Performance · 2004 · 120 citations

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Strategical determinants of compatibility effects with task uncertainty

Ritske de Jong · Acta Psychologica · 1995 · 88 citations

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Setting Technical Compatibility Standards: An Economic Analysis

Yale M. Braunstein, Lawrence J. White · The Antitrust Bulletin · 1985 · 76 citations

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Authors

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  1. VS
    Victor Stango

    University of California, Davis, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  2. PL
    Peter L. Rousseau

    Vanderbilt University, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  3. CR
    Christopher R. Knittel

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 33 citations

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  4. GS
    Garth Saloner

    Massachusetts Institute of Technology, United States

    2 publications · 474 citations

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  5. BJ
    Boyan Jovanovic

    New York University, United States

    2 publications · 56 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. New York University

    New York, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    132 citations

  2. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    4 publications

    952 citations

  3. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    33 citations

  4. Vanderbilt University

    Nashville, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    56 citations

  5. Carnegie Mellon University

    Pittsburgh, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    240 citations

  6. Microsoft (United States)

    Redmond, United States

    1 h-index

    2 publications

    144 citations

  7. Helmut Schmidt University

    Hamburg, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    12 citations

  8. University of Southern California

    Los Angeles, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    38 citations

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  1. Journal of Industrial Economics

    3 publications · 475 citations

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  2. SSRN Electronic Journal

    Repository · 1 publications · 12 citations

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  3. Economics of Innovation and New Technology

    1 publications · 74 citations

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  5. eScholarship (California Digital Library)

    Repository · 1 publications · 11 citations

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