"This book provides relevant theoretical frameworks and the latest empirical research findings in the areas of e-commerce and the collaborative economy or sharing economy, offering a comprehensive perspective on the platform economy by connecting both the e-commerce and the collaborative economy...

Most digital content distributed in information-goods platforms encounter the threat of online piracy. Strategic pricing, technology-based platform protection, and deterrent enforcement such as legal and moral measures are viewed as antidotes to piracy. We examine the effects of deterrent...