Lock in, Path Dependence, and the Internationalization of QWERTY

Kay, Neil M (2013) Lock in, Path Dependence, and the Internationalization of QWERTY. Discussion paper. University of Strathclyde, Glasgow.

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Abstract

This paper looks at the emergence of what is described here as the QWERTY family of standards (QWERTY and its international adaptations QZERTY, AZERTY, and QWERTZ). QWERTY has been described as an inferior solution and an accident of history. However, the analysis here finds that each member of the family represented highly efficient adaptations to specific user needs and technical challenges encountered in their own environments. These findings may be seen to have wider implications given QWERTY’s role as paradigm case in the literature on increasing returns and path dependence, and these are pursued in the paper

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  Item type:	Monograph(Discussion paper)
  ID code:	68104
  Dates:	Date Event 2013 Published
  Notes:	Published as a paper within the Discussion Papers in Economics, No. 13-10 (2013)
  Keywords:	qwerty, internationalisation, Economic Theory, Technology, Economics, Econometrics and Finance(all), Computer Science(all)
  Subjects:	Social Sciences > Economic Theory Technology
  Department:	Strathclyde Business School > Economics
  Depositing user:	Pure Administrator
  Date deposited:	29 May 2019 11:31
  Last modified:	05 Jun 2021 00:43
  URI:	https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/68104