Industrial organization and the digital economy / Gerhard Illing and Martin Peitz -- Software patents / Chaim Fershtman and Neil Gandal -- Software platforms / David S. Evans, Andrew Hagiu, and Richard Schmalensee -- Digital music / Martin Petiz and Patrick Waelbroeck -- Economists examine file...

Digital platforms controlled by Alibaba, Alphabet, Amazon, Facebook, Netflix, Tencent and Uber have transformed not only the ways we do business, but also the very nature of people's everyday lives. It is of vital importance that we understand the economic principles governing how these...