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Competitive Interactions in the IT Industry: World Practice and Russia
https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2009-10-91-106
Abstract
The article analyzes a model of vertical product differentiation applied to IT area which demonstrates that IT market is a natural oligopoly, the number of applications, the degree of compatibility in basic IT product modifications, the level of network effect being the main criteria of vertical product differentiation. Characteristics of IT products and types of competition in IT sphere are analyzed as well as the situation on the Russian IT market.
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Rozanova N. Competitive Interactions in the IT Industry: World Practice and Russia. Voprosy Ekonomiki. 2009;(10):91-106. (In Russ.) https://doi.org/10.32609/0042-8736-2009-10-91-106
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