pricing of information goods under the freemium strategy in the presence of piracy and network effects. In this paper, we …. Finally, the premium version's optimal price and the firm's optimal profit increase in the network effects and piracy cost in …

oligopoly software market, when there exist competition, network effects (externalities), uncertainty on software functionality …, network maintaining cost and compatibility issues. We find that, in equilibrium, the restriction on network effects is … decreasing with network effects, but increasing with consumers' basic willingness to pay. Meanwhile, the restriction on …

asymmetric network effect that has not been explored in the extant literature. Using a unique dataset from Dianping and Meituan … positive network effect, as reflected by the increments of user engagement on each side of the M&A. We measure user engagement … those on the acquired platform. We propose three mechanisms: the network size effect, self-image management effect, and …