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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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Highly Cited
2017
Highly Cited
2017
DAC: Improving storage availability with Deduplication-Assisted Cloud-of-Clouds
2012
2012
Competence resource specialization, causal ambiguity, and the creation and decay of competitiveness: the role of marketing strategy in new product performance and shareholder value
Marketing strategists should create, maintain, and arrest the decay of causally ambiguous resource competences that lead to… 
Highly Cited
2011
Highly Cited
2011
Exploring the Development of Micro-apps: A Case Study on the BlackBerry and Android Platforms
The recent meteoric rise in the use of smart phones and other mobile devices has led to a new class of applications, i.e., micro… 
2010
2010
Game-changing China : lessons from China about disruptive low carbon innovation.
Big hydro, big solar photovoltaic (PV) and big wind - these are the usual focus of accounts of low carbon technologies in China… 
2009
2009
Fault-Tolerant Routing Algorithm for Network on Chip without Virtual Channels
Constructing 2D mesh topology network on chips (NoCs) without using virtual channels becomes attractive approach to building… 
2008
2008
IDENTIFYING REAL OPTIONS TO IMPROVE THE DESIGN OF ENGINEERING SYSTEMS
This chapter is part of the developing literature on the use of real options in the design and development of major projects… 
2006
2006
Multi-mode vortex-induced vibrations of a flexible circular cylinder
Vortex-Induced Vibration (VIV) is a key issue in deep water riser design. Water depths up to 3000 m are found in typical oil… 
2004
2004
Down the Wrong Path : Path Dependence , Increasing Returns , and Historical
Does the concept of path dependence provide a plausible theoretical framework for historical institutionalism? Practitioners of… 
Highly Cited
1998
Highly Cited
1998
Elastic properties of the cell wall of Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense investigated by atomic force microscopy
Gram-negative magnetic bacteria of the species Magnetospirillum gryphiswaldense were investigated by atomic force microscopy (AFM… 
Review
1989
Review
1989
Diffraction studies of rare earth metals and superlattices
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