Digital platforms controlled by Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Tencent and Uber have transformed not … understand the economic principles governing how these platforms operate. This book explains the driving forces behind any … key concepts such as how platforms manage network effects and which price and non-price strategies they choose. This self …

This paper provides a description of the crowdfunding sector, considering investment- based crowdfunding platforms as … well as platforms in which funders do not obtain monetary payments. It lays out key features of this quickly developing … sector and explores the economic forces at play that can explain the design of these platforms. In particular, it elaborates …

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