Joel’s research on the PC industry considers the growth and maturation of the industry.

See also research on standards and open source software.

Papers

Joel West, “The fall of a Silicon Valley icon: Was Apple really Betamax redux?”; in Richard A. Bettis, ed., Strategy in Transition, Oxford: Blackwell, 2005, pp. 274-301.

Joel West, “Apple Computer: The iCEO Seizes the Internet,” Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), UC Irvine, Working Paper #348, October 2002.

Joel West, “Network Externalities vs. Switching Costs: Which Better Explains Buyer Decisions On Computer Standards?” PDMA Research Conference Proceedings 2001, Santa Clara, Calif. (Oct. 2001): 159-176.

Joel West and Jason Dedrick, “Innovation and Control in Standards Architectures: The Rise and Fall of Japan’s PC-98,” Information Systems Research, 11, 2 (June 2000): 197-216.

Joel West, “Organizational Decisions for I.T. Standards Adoption: Antecedents and Consequences,” Proceedings of the 1st IEEE Conference on Standardisation and Innovation in Information Technology, Aachen, Germany (Sept. 1999): 13-18.

Joel West, “Cross-cultural Differences in Entrepreneurship in the Asia-Pacific PC Industry,” working paper, January 1997.

Joel West, “Moderators of the Diffusion of Technological Innovation: Growth of the Japanese PC Industry,” Center for Research on Information Technology and Organizations (CRITO), UC Irvine, Working Paper #PAC-096, January 1996.

Book Reviews

Joel West, “Waves of Power: The Dynamics of Global Technology Leadership, 1964-2010,” Academy of Management TIM Newsletter, 10, 1 (Fall 1997): 5.

Joel West, “The International Computer Software Industry: A Comparative Study of Industry Evolution and Structure,” Journal of Product Innovation Management, 14, 2 (March 1997): 152-154. DOI: 10.1016/S0737-6782(97)83960-4