{"content":{"sharePage":{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"47995822","dateCreated":"1323644497","smartDate":"Dec 11, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"bcnelson","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/bcnelson","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/47995822"},"dateDigested":1532762619,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"SUMMARY","description":"Coke and pepsi are age old competitors who combined, control 70% of the global market for soft drink beverages. Both firms have been accused of monopoly and predatory practices in many of the countries in which the operate. Coke and Pepsi maintain their positions in part because of barriers to entry for other firms. Costly logistics impair the ability of new firms to easily enter. 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The author speculates that in some cases oligopolies may not conspire to maintain high prices, but instead tacitly cooperate in order to keep costs down.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"47036250","dateCreated":"1322429713","smartDate":"Nov 27, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"kmwesterfiel","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/kmwesterfiel","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/47036250"},"dateDigested":1532762620,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Scholarly articles - Consumer Lock-In","description":"Here's an article focused on consumer lock-in.  Hope it helps!<br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:6:http:\/\/marketing.wharton.upenn.edu\/documents\/research\/The%20Intertemporal%20Dynamics%20of%20Consumer%20Lock-In.pdf --><a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/marketing.wharton.upenn.edu\/documents\/research\/The%20Intertemporal%20Dynamics%20of%20Consumer%20Lock-In.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/marketing.wharton.upenn.edu\/documents\/research\/The%20Intertemporal%20Dynamics%20of%20Consumer%20Lock-In.pdf<\/a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:6 --><br \/>\n<br \/>\nHere's another article from a business perspective discussing the advantages of customer lock-in. <br \/>\n<br \/>\n<!-- ws:start:WikiTextUrlRule:7:http:\/\/www1.ku-eichstaett.de\/WWF\/MKT\/lock-in\/04-SPTLH4.pdf --><a class=\"wiki_link_ext\" href=\"http:\/\/www1.ku-eichstaett.de\/WWF\/MKT\/lock-in\/04-SPTLH4.pdf\" rel=\"nofollow\">http:\/\/www1.ku-eichstaett.de\/WWF\/MKT\/lock-in\/04-SPTLH4.pdf<\/a><!-- ws:end:WikiTextUrlRule:7 -->","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[],"more":0}]},{"id":"45279900","dateCreated":"1320004562","smartDate":"Oct 30, 2011","userCreated":{"username":"TChristofaro","url":"https:\/\/www.wikispaces.com\/user\/view\/TChristofaro","imageUrl":"https:\/\/ssl.wikicdn.com\/i\/user_none_lg.jpg"},"monitored":false,"locked":false,"links":{"self":"https:\/\/mbaeconfall2011.wikispaces.com\/share\/view\/45279900"},"dateDigested":1532762620,"startDate":null,"sharedType":"discussion","title":"Mobile payments","description":"I wonder how secure mobile payments will be.","replyPages":[{"page":0,"digests":[{"id":"45737926","body":"I think its a work in progress and they will learn as they go. 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