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Two-Sided Competition of Proprietary vs. Open Source Technology Platforms and the Implications for the Software Industry

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - In: Management Science 52 (2006) 7, pp. 1057-1071

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 toward the direct users of the platform as well as toward firms offering...

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The Microsoft Antitrust Case: Rejoinder

Economides, Nicholas - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 1 (2001) 1, pp. 71-79

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The Microsoft Antitrust Case

Economides, Nicholas - In: Journal of Industry, Competition and Trade 1 (2001) 1, pp. 7-39

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Competition Policy In Network Industries: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004

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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US Telecommunications Today, October 2002

Economides, Nicholas - EconWPA - 2004

This paper examines the current conditions in the US telecommunications sector (October 2002). We examine the impact of technological and regulatory change on market structure and business strategy. Among others, we discuss the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing...

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Two-sided competition of proprietary vs. open source technology platforms, and the implications for the software industry

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - NET Institute - 2005

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...

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005459412

Competition Policy In Network Industries: An Introduction

Economides, Nicholas - NET Institute - 2004

Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005585465

Compatibility and Market Structure for Network Goods

Economides, Nicholas; Flyer, Fredrick - Economics Department, Stern School of Business - 1997

This paper analyzes the economics of industries where network externalities are significant. In such industries, firms have strong incentives to adhere to common technical compatibility standards, so that they reap the network externalities of the whole group. However, a firm also benefits from...

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Critical Mass and Network Size with Application to the US Fax Market

Economides, Nicholas; Himmelberg, Charles - Economics Department, Stern School of Business - 1995

We analyze the equilibrium size of networks under alternative market structures. Networks are characterized by positive … the three equilibrium networks. As a result, small networks will not observed. We call critical mass the size of the … compatible network goods support networks of smaller size than perfect competition and larger than monopoly. We extend our …

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The Tragic Inefficiency Of the M-ECPR

Economides, Nicholas - Economics Department, Stern School of Business - 1997

We show that application of the so-called "Market Determined Efficient Component Pricing Rule," the "Efficient Component Pricing Rule," and, in general, of pricing rules that are based on private opportunity costs would perpetuate pricing inefficiencies and result in lower social surplus than...

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