all platforms or a “pure” monopoly with just one platform. Literature has not generally discussed, which benchmark is the …

opponent's cost structure. Bagwell and Ramey (1988) showed that deterring entry is possible by signaling lower costs even if … information transferred by one signal, is methodologically a new development of the classical signaling game. …

This paper analyzes the impact of vertical integration on product quality. Contrary to previous findings, it is shown … that integration decreases quality in many natural situations. In general, the direction of the quality change is governed …

curve facing a monopoly. …

high market require, the SMEs not always pay attention at the quality of their delivered products and services. Adhering at … quality of delivered products and services. So, it’s easy to understand why the SMEs begin to think at designing and … implementing of an efficient quality management system. The issue presents some conclusions of my research achieved (between Oct …

We analyse the roles of social network topology and size on the monopoly pricing of network goods in a market, where … against, and dominates, the size effect in monopoly pricing by reducing the monopoly's capacity to extract consumer surplus …. Under asymmetric information about consumer types, the monopoly prefers symmetric network topologies, but the social optimum …