The enterprise wireless personal digital assistant (PDA) market continues to attract high profile entrants like Apple Inc. Companies like Research In Motion (RIM) have captured significant market share, while companies like Palm Inc. have lost their lead. The enterprise wireless PDA market is considered a networked market. Understanding the network effects and their strategic implications in the enterprise wireless PDA market is a key for all stakeholders in this market.;This research studies the network effects in the enterprise wireless PDA market using a simulation model developed using the system dynamics framework. The model produces behaviors that qualitatively explain the success or failure of an enterprise wireless PDA platform. The results of this research suggest that the success of an enterprise wireless PDA platform has an endogenous component, which is found in the interaction of positive feedbacks that accelerate the adoption and negative feedbacks that lead to decline.
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机译：企业无线个人数字助理（PDA）市场继续吸引着像Apple Inc.这样的知名企业。像Research In Motion（RIM）这样的公司已经占领了重要的市场份额，而Palm Inc.这样的公司却失去了领先优势。企业无线PDA市场被视为网络市场。了解网络效应及其在企业无线PDA市场中的战略意义是该市场中所有利益相关者的关键。;本研究使用系统动力学框架开发的仿真模型研究企业无线PDA市场中的网络效应。该模型产生的行为可以定性地解释企业无线PDA平台的成功或失败。这项研究的结果表明，企业无线PDA平台的成功有一个内在因素，这可以通过促进采用的正反馈和导致衰落的负反馈之间的相互作用来发现。
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