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Vendor lock-in

Known as: Connector conspiracy, File format lock-in, Vendor lock in 
In economics, vendor lock-in, also known as proprietary lock-in or customer lock-in, makes a customer dependent on a vendor for products and services… 
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Review
2016
Review
2016
Critical analysis of vendor lock-in and its impact on cloud computing migration: a business perspective
Vendor lock-in is a major barrier to the adoption of cloud computing, due to the lack of standardization. Current solutions and… 
Review
2016
Review
2016
Carbon Lock-In: Types, Causes, and Policy Implications
Existing technologies, institutions, and behavioral norms together act to constrain the rate and magnitude of carbon emissions… 
Highly Cited
2012
Highly Cited
2012
A 1 k-Pixel Video Camera for 0.7–1.1 Terahertz Imaging Applications in 65-nm CMOS
A 1 k-pixel camera chip for active terahertz video recording at room-temperature has been fully integrated in a 65-nm CMOS bulk… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
The multi-level perspective on sustainability transitions: Responses to seven criticisms
Highly Cited
2009
Highly Cited
2009
Organizational Path Dependence: Opening the Black Box
To enable a better understanding of the underlying logic of path dependence, we set forth a theoretical framework explaining how… 
Review
2008
Review
2008
Housing Busts and Household Mobility
Using two decades of American Housing Survey data from 1985 to 2007, we revisit the literature on lock-in effects and provide new… 
Highly Cited
2003
Highly Cited
2003
Information rules
A book title cannot be more timely or accurate. Information rules society and it always has. The key difference is, that in our… 
Review
2003
Review
2003
Transaction Costs and Institutional Explanations for Government Service Production Decisions
Governments not only choose which services to deliver to citizens, but they also choose how to deliver those services… 
Highly Cited
2001
Highly Cited
2001
Value creation in E‐business
We explore the theoretical foundations of value creation in e‐business by examining how 59 American and European e‐businesses… 
Review
1998
Review
1998
On the economics and analysis of diversity
A review of the literature reveals that the concept of diversity (and especially technological diversity) is of considerable… 
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