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B2C eCommerce Strategy and Market Structure: The Survey Based Approach

Schmitz, Stefan W.; Sint, Peter Paul - EconWPA - 2003

This paper follows two objectives: (i) It demonstrates the merits of the survey based approach to B2C eCommerce characteristics and company strategy, and (ii) it presents empirical evidence of the crucial importance of size and marketing investment in B2C eCommerce markets. It presents...

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Chicken and Egg: Competing Matchmakers

Caillaud, Bernard; Jullien, Bruno - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2001

We examine a Bertrand competition game between two intermediaries offering matching services between two sides of a market. Indirect network externalities arise as the probability of finding one's match with a given intermediary increase with the number of agents of the other side who use the...

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B2C eCommerce Strategy and Market Structure: The Survey Based Approach

Schmitz, Stefan W.; Sint, Paul Peter - DIW Berlin (Deutsches Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung) - 2003

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Understanding Why Universal Service Obligations May Be Unnecessary: The Private Development of Local Internet Access Markets

Downes, Thomas; Greenstein, Shane - Department of Economics, Tufts University - 2006

This study analyzes the geographic spread of commercial Internet Service Providers (ISPs), the leading suppliers of Internet access. The geographic spread of ISPs is a key consideration in U.S. policy for universal access. We examine the Fall of 1998, a time of minimal government subsidy, when...

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Linux vs. Windows: A comparison of application and platform innovation incentives for open source and proprietary software platforms

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - NET Institute - 2005

The paper analyzes and compares the investment incentives of platform and application developers for Linux and Windows. We find that the level of investment in applications is larger when the operating system is open source rather than proprietary. The comparison of the levels of investment in...

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The Evolution of Markets Under Entry and Standards Regulation - The Case of Global Mobile Telecommunications

Gruber, Harald; Verboven, Frank - C.E.P.R. Discussion Papers - 2000

We analyse the effects of government policies, such as entry regulation and standard setting, on the evolution of an industry, the global mobile telecommunications markets during 1981-1997. Among other results, we find that countries that issue first licenses at later dates converge rather...

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IT Service Management- Key to Success in Business

Liviu, Bozga; Mihaela, Mateescu; Marian, Gheorghe - In: Ovidius University Annals, Economic Sciences Series XIII (2013) 1, pp. 419-423

This paper presents several issues of the management of IT services and their evolution, with focus on ITSM methodology. It includes a short description of the methodology, together with the costs and benefits it brings, as well as several strategies aimed to increase IT organization performance

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Supply responses to digital distribution: Recorded music and live performances

Mortimer, Julie Holland; Nosko, Chris; Sorensen, Alan - In: Information Economics and Policy 24 (2012) 1, pp. 3-14

Technologies that enable free redistribution of digital goods (e.g., music, movies, software, books) can undermine sellers’ ability to profitably sell such goods, which raises concerns about the future development of socially valuable digital products. In this paper we explore the possibility...

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SISTEMAS DE RECOMENDACIÓN EN EL COMERCIO ELECTRÓNICO Y LA E-EDUCACIÓN

CRUZ, CLAUDIA CONSTANZA CABAL; LÓPEZ, FRANCISCO J. … - In: REVISTA CRITERIO LIBRE (2010)

ResumenLa cantidad de información disponible y su dispersión, hace que los individuos acudan a fuentes de información externas a la hora de tomar decisiones de compra o cuando están buscando información con fines académicos y/o investigativos, a fin de obtener recomendaciones que optimicen...

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Dynamics in ICT cooperation networks in selected German ICT clusters

Schröder, Christian - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2013

High innovation capability is indispensable for generating economic growth in developed economies. Cooperations in the … innovation process are entered into by companies for reasons of risk diversification or costs and often considered to be an … companies or between company and research institutes in the innovation process. A social network analysis of the two German ICT …

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