Competing brands differ in the extent to which they offer a feature as standard or optional in their product lines. In this paper, we study the competitive basis for this difference in brands' product line strategies. Specifically, we analyze the relationship between a brand's quality image and...

This chapter evaluates the impact of sharing information on wholesale and retail pricing incentives as well as on the distribution of economic rents. We consider a model in which the manufacturer distributes its product to one or more retailers. Each firm receives a private signal as an estimate...

In this study, we investigate a newspaper's decision to expand its product line by adding an online edition that incorporates user-generated content, and the impact of this decision on its slanting of news. We demonstrate that adding an online edition results in reduced profits for competing...