switching cost

基本解釋

Switching-cost in telecommunication service field leads to the phenomenon of custom-locked-in.
在電信服務領域，轉換成本將導致顧客鎖定。
Compared to the result without Switching-cost, there is more possibility of monopoly as the result of Bertrand competition.
與不存在轉換成本的情況相比，價格競爭結果將更趨于壟斷。
The reason is that the cost for custom not only includes the fee paid to new company, but also includes Switching-cost if the custom gives up the service from the former telecommunication company.
因為對消費者而言，如放棄原有服務商轉而接受其它電信公司的服務，所付出的全部代價為服務費與轉移成本之和。

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轉換成本
轉移成本
In fact, the existence of switching cost enhances the network externalities in the market.
但是事實上轉移成本是造成“鎖定”的重要原因之一。從某種程度上來說，轉移成本加強了網(wǎng)絡外部性。
心理學
轉換損失
And the Experiment 3, double-press trial is used to dissociate the effects of response selection and response execution. The data suggest response execution has more influence to switching cost.
實驗三采用雙重按鍵的方法分離反應按鍵中的按鍵選擇和按鍵執(zhí)行兩個不同的階段,發(fā)現(xiàn)按鍵執(zhí)行階段對轉換損失的作用更大。
轉換加工
轉換消耗