How much should my software differ from yours

This paper analyzes an optimal differentiation between two competing application software products when one of the two is produced by a monopolist of a base software. The so called `minimum differentiation principle' by Hotelling (1929) is inappropriate in this market category. One can see the example of our `optimal differentiation principle' in a web browser market, where Microsoft's Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator have a certain degree of differentiation.

• Type: Conference
• Year: 2001
• Where: ECIS
• Authors: Sang-Yong Tom Lee
• Keywords: Application Software Products, ECIS 2001, ECIS 2004, Microsoft's Internet Explorer, Web Browser Market