We use a stylized model to investigate the revenue model decision for a monopolistic online platform offering social networking services. There are three possible revenue models: an ad-sponsored model offering a basic service, a subscription-based model offering a premium service, and a hybrid...

Firms and employees can benefit from information diffusion through social connections at other firms. Therefore, co-worker networks observed in collaborative projects or assumed from job co-occurrence have been analyzed in a wide literature ranging from management to economics, and economic...