In this paper a network model is developed in which three players sequentially choose their strategies. In the first … stage, a profit-maximizing network firm chooses the price and thus the size of the network. In the second stage the … consumers decide whether to join in the network or not. In the last stage a hacker has the opportunity to hack the network and …

In this paper a network model is developed in which three players sequentially choose their strategies. In the first … stage, a profit-maximizing network firm chooses the price and thus the size of the network. In the second stage the … consumers decide whether to join in the network or not. In the last stage a hacker has the opportunity to hack the network and …

placing its data on others’ storage devices, given the prevailing data loss rate in the network. The cost function of an agent … captures the cost that the agent incurs to maintain links in the network. With this utility function, we analyze what network … exists a pairwise stable network, which is also efficient. We show that all pairwise stable networks are efficient, and hence …

considerations that a case-by-case approach should take into account. First, allowing the network to evolve will promote innovation … by allowing the emergence of applications that depend on a fundamentally different network architecture. Indeed, as the … the level of service that they need. More diverse business relationships would also allow the network to reflect the …

monopolistic seller's optimal consumer network structure formation (seeding, segmentation, sequencing, and pricing strategies …) under network effects. We demonstrate the importance of adoption sequencing as well as controllability over the seeding … the seeding process, with both multiplicative and additive forms of network effects, we show that all segments contain …

In a variety of settings, some payoff-relevant item spreads along a network of connected individuals. In some cases … costs and benefits of being more or less connected to the network. The situation becomes more complicated (and more … allows an individual to keep getting the benefits of network connectivity while blocking out the bad items. Drawing on the …

traditional use/non-use terms, but when we construe the user more broadly — as a network of interpersonal, legal, and …