新式路径依赖：接口经济——关于互联网经济组织模式的思考

A New Type of Path Dependence: Port Economics——Reflections on Internet Economy Organizational Model

摘要: 网络外部性是互联网经济的一个重要特征，互联网经济与传统经济最根本的区别在于外部性不再是一个特例，而是必须纳入供求分析的一个重要因素。本文从网络外部性的角度出发，阐述了其对互联网经济的影响，分析互联网经济中各个“接口”中存在的路径依赖，并指出路径依赖是互联网经济的一种表现形式，由此提出“接口经济”的说法，来描绘互联网经济的组织模式。

Abstract: Network externality is an important feature of the Internet economy. The most fundamental difference between the Internet economy and the traditional economy is that the externality is no longer a special case, but an important factor which must be considered in the analysis of supply and demand. This paper stands from the perspective of network externalities, describes its impact on the Internet economy, analyzes various path-dependence in the “Port” of it, and points out that path-dependence is an expression of the Internet economy, then the “Port Economy” argument is put forward, which describes the organization mode of the Internet economy.