Dr. Marc van Wegberg

Room: A2.12
Tel.: +31 43-3883654;
Fax.: +31 43-3884893;
Email: m.vanwegberg@maastrichtuniversity.nl

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Marc van Wegberg studied economics at the University of Tilburg from 1976 to 1983. Subsequently, he spent about a year doing research on dynamic competition at the Tilburg Institute for Academic Studies (TIAS, it is now an education-only institute). He wrote his doctoral thesis at the University of Maastricht on multi-market competition. The thesis focused on reciprocal entry between multiple markets, and on the effects that blurring market boundaries (convergence) have on competition. He participated as PhD student ('AIO', in Dutch) in the micro-economics group in the period 1987 to 1992. Since 1992 he is assistant professor at the University of Maastricht , at the department of Organization and Strategy.

Position: Assistant professor

Specialization: Multi-market competition, electronic media, standardization, cooperation

PhD: 1994, in the University of Maastricht , “Multi-market competition theory: a conceptual framework”, with supervisors Prof. Dr. J.A.H. Maks and Prof. Dr. A. van Witteloostuin.

Courses: Internet Technology and International Business (7035k / 3041B ) and Organizational Interaction and Games (formerly known as Environmental Assessment) (5007v / 3012B) .

Postal address

SBE/O&S
P.O. Box 616
6200 MD
Maastricht
The Netherlands

Visiting address

Tongersestraat 53
6211 LM
Room A2.12
Maastricht
Netherlands
Publications:

Selected publications:

  • Wegberg, M. van (2004) Compatibility choice by multi-market firms, Information Economics and Policy , June, 16(2): 235-254.
  • Wegberg, M. van (2004) Standardization and Competing Consortia: The Trade-off between Speed and Compatibility, International Journal of IT Standards & Standardization Research , July-Dec., 2(2): 18 - 33.
  • Wegberg, M. van (2004). Standardization process of systems technologies: creating a balance between competition and cooperation. Technology Analysis and Strategic Management, 16 (4), 457-478.
  • Wegberg, Marc van, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn (2001) Strategic Management in the New Economy: Modern information technologies and multichannel contact strategies, in Baum, Joel A.C. & Henrich R. Greve (Eds) Advances is Strategic Management: Multi-Unit Organization and Multimarket Strategy , Vol 18, 2001, Greenwich , Connecticut : JAI Press; chapter 10: 265-306.
  • Wegberg, Marc van, and Arjen van Witteloostuijn (2001). A Resource-based View on Multi-market Competition. A Conceptual Framework for Analyzing the Dynamics of Multi-business Rivalry. In D. v. d. Bulcke & A. Verbeke (Eds.), Globalization and the Small Open Economy (pp. 210-226). Cheltenham, U.K.: Edward Elgar.