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<p>Microsoft has a dominant position in the software market but competes with other firms in the adjacent market of cloud computing. Microsoft is using its dominant position in the software market to gain competitive advantages in cloud computing services and discriminates against certain cloud-computing providers. This behaviour leads to higher prices and fewer choices for customers. It also reduces the incentives for innovation for competing cloud providers.</p>
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Microsoft has a dominant position in the software market but competes with other firms in the adjacent market of cloud computing. Microsoft is using its dominant position in the software market to gain competitive advantages in cloud computing services and discriminates against certain cloud-computing providers. This behaviour leads to higher prices and fewer choices for customers. It also reduces the incentives for innovation for competing cloud providers.

Product Linkage in Software Offerings – an Economic Perspective Using the Example of Microsoft

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Produktverknüpfung bei Softwareangeboten – ökonomische Einordnung am Beispiel Microsoft

Microsoft has a dominant position in the software market but competes with other firms in the adjacent market of cloud computing. Microsoft is using its...

Product Linkage in Software Offerings – an Economic Perspective Using the Example of Microsoft

Published Online: Mar 27, 2023

Page range: 211 - 216

DOI: https://doi.org/10.2478/wd-2023-0055

© 2023 Markus Reisinger et al., published by Sciendo

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