摘要
研究具有网络外部性特征的市场中,拥有专有技术的在位厂商对其技术的授权动机.研究结果表明,在消费者对产品未来市场规模的预期为随机变量的假设下,如果网络外部性强度较弱或者产品差异化较强,专有技术厂商将开放技术,引入竞争性厂商,从而获得比独享技术更高的利润;反之,如果网络外部性强度较强或者产品差异化较弱,专有技术厂商将独享技术,从而成为行业垄断者。
The purpose of this paper is to discuss the incentive of an exclusive holder of a technology to open it to other firms in a market with network externalities. Our result shows that, under the assumption that the fulfilled expectation of sales is a stochastic variable, the incumbent will share the technology with other firms to expand consumers' installed base rapidly and make higher profit than the monopoly profit when the strength of network externality is weak and/or the degree of product differentiation is strong. On the contrary, the exclusive holder of the technology has no any motivations to open the technology when the strength of network externality is strong and/or the degree of product differentiation is weak.
出处
《管理科学学报》
CSSCI
北大核心
2008年第2期43-49,共7页
Journal of Management Sciences in China
基金
国家自然科学基金资助项目(70703016)
中国博士后基金资助项目(2004036100)
南京大学人才引进基金资助项目(010422410109)
关键词
网络外部性
产品差异化
技术控制策略
兼容
network externalities
product differentiation
technology control strategy
compatibility