Business, 11.04.2020 02:43 addisonborden

Format wars, in the context of high-technology industries, refer to:

a. battles to control the source of differentiation, and thus the value that such differentiation can create for the customer.
b. the confusion among customers that arises as a result of several choices of formats for PCs and other gadgets.
c. the price-based battles in the network of complementary products, which is a primary determinant of the demand for an industry's product.
d. conflicts within an organization about which format to adopt for their products.
e. price-based battles among companies producing similar products.

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