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Manipulating Interface Standards as an Anti-Competitive Strategy (Download full paper)
Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Janet S. Netz
Published on: January, 2006
Abstract: The creation of interface standards enables competition at the level of components, rather than competition in complete systems. Consumers often benefit from component competition. However, the standard-setting process might be manipulated to achieve anticompetitive ends. We consider the conditions under which a standards consortium could impose anticompetitive burdens on the market, and several strategies such a consortium might employ to achieve anti-competitive objectives. We present a new strategy -- one-way standards -- and discuss the conditions under which it can be anticompetitive.
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