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excess inertia: a standalone construct

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Industrial organization

the failure of users to switch to a superior new standard because each waits for others to move first, so an inferior technology persists.

In industrial organization, excess inertia refers to the failure of users to switch to a superior new standard because each waits for others to move first, so an inferior technology persists. This meaning comes from Farrell (1985) in The RAND Journal of Economics.[1]

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References

Farrell, J., & Saloner, G. (1985). Standardization, Compatibility, and Innovation. The RAND Journal of Economics, 16(1), 70. https://doi.org/10.2307/2555589

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