Various forms of social learning and network effects are at work on crowdfunding platforms, giving rise to … consequences for competition among platforms. …

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. …

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 …

The rise and success of digital platforms (such as Airbnb, Amazon, Booking, Expedia, Ebay, and Uber) rely, to a large … extent, on their ability to address two major issues. First, to effectively facilitate transactions, platforms need to … pursue this objective. Second, as platforms operate in marketplaces where information is abundant, they may guide their users …