Platforms and Network Effects

In many markets, user benefits depend on participation and usage decisions of other users giving rise to network effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This paper reviews key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research

MoreLess

Year of publication:	2017
Authors:	Belleflamme, Paul
Other Persons:	Peitz, Martin (contributor)
Publisher:	[2017]: [S.l.] : SSRN
Subject:	Netzwerkökonomik \| Network economics \| Soziales Netzwerk \| Social network \| Theorie \| Theory \| Digitale Plattform \| Digital platform

freely available

Full text |

More access options

Check Google Scholar

In German libraries (KVK)

I need help

Extent:	1 Online-Ressource (38 p)
Type of publication:	Book / Working Paper
Language:	English
Notes:	In: Forthcoming, Handbook of Game Theory and Industrial Organization, edited by Luis Corchon and Marco Marini, Edward Elgar Nach Informationen von SSRN wurde die ursprüngliche Fassung des Dokuments September 2016 erstellt
Classification:	D43 - Oligopoly and Other Forms of Market Imperfection ; L13 - Oligopoly and Other Imperfect Markets ; L86 - Information and Internet Services; Computer Software
Source:	ECONIS - Online Catalogue of the ZBW

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012966112