switching cost

基本解释

Switching-cost in telecommunication service field leads to the phenomenon of custom-locked-in.
在电信服务领域，转换成本将导致顾客锁定。
Compared to the result without Switching-cost, there is more possibility of monopoly as the result of Bertrand competition.
与不存在转换成本的情况相比，价格竞争结果将更趋于垄断。
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.
因为对消费者而言，如放弃原有服务商转而接受其它电信公司的服务，所付出的全部代价为服务费与转移成本之和。

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转换成本
转移成本
In fact, the existence of switching cost enhances the network externalities in the market.
但是事实上转移成本是造成“锁定”的重要原因之一。从某种程度上来说，转移成本加强了网络外部性。
心理学
转换损失
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.
实验三采用双重按键的方法分离反应按键中的按键选择和按键执行两个不同的阶段,发现按键执行阶段对转换损失的作用更大。
转换加工
转换消耗