more profits with his platform. Second, the competitor's entry serves as a credible commitment to lower prices for … model also gives an answer to the much debated question why Microsoft prices MS Office significantly higher than its …

over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why Microsoft … Office is priced significantly higher than Microsoft’s operating system. …

over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why Microsoft … Office is priced significantly higher than Microsoft's operating system. …

. Results carry over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why … Microsoft Office is priced significantly higher than Microsoft’s operating system.  …

carry over to non-software platforms and, partially, to upstream and downstream firms. The model also explains why Microsoft … Office is priced significantly higher than Microsoft's operating system …

Theories of multi-sided markets suggest that a platform’s pricing strategies on different sides of the market are … empirically examine platforms’ pricing strategies by exploiting the gradual expansion of Craigslist, a website providing … and after Craigslist’s entry. We find that these newspapers drop their classified ad rates significantly more after …

-of-research regarding success factors, revenue and payment models, social media platforms and ecosystems, and welfare effects. It describes …

-of-research regarding success factors, revenue and payment models, social media platforms and ecosystems, and welfare effects. It describes …

effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This paper reviews … key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly … platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research. …