Please use this identifier to cite or link to this item: https://hdl.handle.net/10419/63795 
Year of Publication: 
2006
Series/Report no.: 
ETLA Discussion Papers No. 1012
Publisher: 
The Research Institute of the Finnish Economy (ETLA), Helsinki
Abstract: 
We document the evolution of product innovation and features in the mobile telephone handset market. We distinguish between two types of product innovation: vertical and horizontal innovation. Using data from 1990 - 2003, we find that some characteristics have subsequently become an industry standard, while some remained as horizontally differentiating features of mobile handsets. We explain this pattern using the concept of dominant design, and results from the theoretical literature on the incentives for horizontal and vertical differentiation.
Subjects: 
Product innovation, mobile phone handsets, dominant design, min-max principle.
JEL: 
L15
L96
O32
Document Type: 
Working Paper

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