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Technology platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, are the hubs of technology industries. We develop a framework to characterize the optimal two-sided pricing strategy of a platform firm, that is, the pricing strategy towards the direct users of the platform as well as towards firms offering...
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information may be a barrier to the development of a health information network. Health information networks are designed to … over $30 billion to support the development of health information networks and electronic health information sharing …
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This paper investigates the patent licensing networks formed by competing firms. Assuming that licensing agreements can … of independent patents, we fully characterize the bilaterally efficient networks and find that when the cost reduction … efficient one. We also show that the bilaterally efficient networks can be sustained as subgame-perfect Nash equilibria with …
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Abstract I model dynamic product design along price and non-price dimensions by a firm in a market with positive network externalities between consumers. In the case of a usage fee, I provide conditions under which the steady state (SS) is unique and show that the introductory price is negative...
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for assessing the influence of networks on demand and revenue patterns in electronic commerce, and provides new empirical …
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We discuss issues of the application of antitrust law and regulatory rules to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...
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This paper develops and analyzes a model of competition between platforms in an industry with indirect network effects, with a specific focus on complementary product exclusivity. The objective is to understand the determinants of exclusivity and explore its effects on competition. We find that...
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We study a retail benchmarking approach to determine access prices for interconnected networks. Instead of considering … network i pays to network j as a linear function of the marginal costs and the retail prices set by both networks. In the case …
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We study how access pricing affects network competition when consumers' subscription demand is elastic and networks …
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This paper discusses how antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...
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