Software platforms are a critical component of the computer systems underpinning leading-edge products ranging from third-generation mobile phones to video games. After describing some key economic features of computer systems and software platforms, the paper presents case studies of personal...

The predictions of collusion- and efficiency-based static equilibrium explanations of interindustry profitability differences are formally developed and tested, using appropriate econometric techniques, with intraindustry data on seventy U.S. Internal Revenue Service minor manufacturing...

Intro -- Contents -- Preface -- Acknowledgments -- 1 - Plastic Cards -- 2 - From Seashells to Electrons -- 3 - More Than Money -- 4 - From Gourmets to the Masses -- 5 - From Sardi's to Saks.com -- 6 - It Takes Two to Tango -- 7 - Co-opetition and the Payment Card Ecosystem -- 8 - System Wars --...

Reflecting its reliance on fossil fuels, the electric power industry produces the majority of the world's greenhouse gas emissions. The need for a revolution in the industry becomes further apparent given that 'decarbonization' means an increasing electrification of other sectors of the...

v. 2. pt. 3. Empirical methods and results. Inter-industry studies of structure and performance / Richard Schmalensee -- Empirical studies of industries with market power / Timothy F. Bresnahan -- Empirical studies of innovation and market structure / Wesley M. Cohen and Richard C. Levin -- An...