Talk:Network effect/Archives/2017

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Origins

Qbt1824 added the following early information on the network effect. This is based on a WP:PRIMARY source so doesn't feel ready for inclusion without further context or research so I have removed it for now. ~Kvng (talk) 16:56, 21 December 2017 (UTC)

Cunynghame (1892) described the network effect, though did not explicitly give it a name:

The demand curve will also be in general negative, but in rare instances it might at the commencement be positive as when a particular edition of hymns became useful in direct proportion as it was widely used.^[1]

References

^ Royal Economic Society (Great Britain )., British Economic Association (1892). The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of the British Economic Association. unknown library. Mahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/WikEd_preview.pngcmillan. {{cite book}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

[1] Royal Economic Society (Great Britain )., British Economic Association (1892). The Economic Journal: The Quarterly Journal of the British Economic Association. unknown library. Mahttps://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/3/31/WikEd_preview.pngcmillan. {{cite book}}: External link in |publisher= (help)

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