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Selling and Leasing Software with Network Externality
Zhang, Jennifer; Seidmann, Abraham - NET Institute - 2006
market, including the impact of network externality, upgrade compatibility, and commitment on pricing in a dynamic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622680
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Antitrust Analysis of Mergers with Bundling in Complementary Markets: Implications for Pricing, Innovation, and Compatibility Choice
Choi, Jay Pil - NET Institute - 2003
implications of mergers for innovation incentives and technical tying/compatibility decisions are explored. Welfare implications of …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622681
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Ad-sponsored Business Models and Compatibility Incentives of Social Networks
Zhu, Feng - NET Institute - 2008
This paper examines social networks' incentives to establish compatibility under fee and ad-sponsored business models …. I analyze the competition between two social networks and show that compatibility is only possible when the two networks …. Finally, compatibility also requires a significant number of single-homing users. The results are consistent with empirical …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622685
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Entrepreneurial Innovations in Network Industries
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tag, Joacim - NET Institute - 2008
In this paper, we study entrepreneurial innovations in an industry characterized by network effects. We show that the presence of network externalities tends to make the entrepreneur prefer sale to entry. Moreover, we also show that the incentive to innovate for entry decreases when network...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622745
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Empirically Testing for Indirect Network Externalities in the LCD Television Market
Scholten, Patrick A.; Livingston, Jeffrey A.; Ortmeyer, … - NET Institute - 2008
This paper examines price data on over 222 LCD televisions to estimate indirect network effects arising from two sources. First, we conjecture that the disconnect between the timing of when broadcasters are required to convert to an only digital-signal world and when television manufacturers...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622757
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A Critical Appraisal of Remedies in the EU Microsoft Cases
Economides, Nicholas; Lianos, Ioannis - NET Institute - 2009
Microsoft did not provide adequate documentation that would allow full interoperability between Windows servers and non …) to publish and license interoperability information. Windows-N was a commercial failure, and there has been only limited …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621689
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Equilibrium Innovation Ecosystems: The Dark Side of Collaborating with Complementors
Mantovani, Andrea; Ruiz-Aliseda, Francisco - NET Institute - 2011
The recent years have exhibited a burst in the amount of collaborative activities among firms selling complementary products. This paper aims at providing a rationale for such a large extent of collaboration ties among complementors. To this end, we analyze a game in which the two producers of a...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10009358866
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The Quest for Appropriate Remedies in the Microsoft Antitrust EU Cases: A Comparative Appraisal
Economides, Nicholas; Lianos, Ioannis - NET Institute - 2009
The Microsoft cases in the United States and in Europe have been influential in determining the contours of the substantive liability standards for dominant firms in US antitrust law and in EC Competition law. The competition law remedies that were adopted, following the finding of liability,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004967587