Showing 31 - 40 of 41
In this paper we study the impact of a radical technological innovation on business models. Do firms react by adjusting their business models incrementally, through iterative steps? Or do such innovations lead, instead, to a big bang of new innovative business models that are all adopted and...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014040958
In this paper we use data from a survey of 151 French record companies to test the “long tail theory” at the level of the firm. More specifically, we test whether, following the “selling less of more” principle coined by Anderson (2006), record companies that have adapted to digitization...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014041412
[spa] El mercado del teléfono - En el concepto de los Franceses, el teléfono ya no constituye hoy un lujo sino que tiene propension a convertirse en un bien necesario. La encuesta : « Propósitos de compras de los particulares », effectuada por el INSEE, ofrece una buena ilustración de la...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008514103
The present progress in the information processing technology is having a drastic impact on the telecommunications industry and on many public networks by creating a separation between two components: on the one hand, the network made up of the infrastructures; on the other hand, the command...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005065862
[eng] The economic literature considers that in the media industry, production is characterized by large fixed costs and economies of scale. This idea is questioned by empirical evidence : it is often the case that the larger the audience for a program or a movie, the higher the production cost....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008608108
[fre] Les théories de la demande de raccordement téléphonique. . L'article consiste en une discussion de modèles élaborés dans les années 1970 pour rendre compte de la diffusion du service téléphonique. Ces modèles font jouer un rôle essentiel à l'externalité positive de...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008617283
[fre] Les modèles de prévision de la demande téléphonique en France. . L'article vise à donner un bref aperçu des modèles économétriques qui ont été utilisés en France depuis 1964, pour prévoir la demande de raccordement au réseau téléphonique. Trois types de modèles,...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008621315
[eng] From the theory of industry structure to the economics of telecommunication networks. . The theoretical notions of efficiency, contestability, and sustainability of an industry structure are recalled. The application of the latter concepts is then discussed. It is argued that the cost...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008624356
[fre] L'efficacité accrue des réseaux d'information, indépendants désormais des réseaux physiques de distribution des produits, devrait théoriquement permettre des marchés plus fluides et plus efficaces, caractérisés par des prix moins dispersés. Toutefois, les premières analyses...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008624432
The growing efficiency of information networks, now distinct from the physical networks of conventional retail markets, should, theoretically, lead to friction-free efficient markets, with less price dispersion. But empirical evidence point to another direction: more precise segmentation on the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008578657