Big data (BD) analytics is considered one of the most important general-purpose technologies of our era. Given the pervasiveness of BD across industries, both policy-makers and scholars have become particularly interested in assessing the effects of BD on firm performance. However, previous...

The introduction of broadband in schools provides a new resource for learning but also an opportunity for distraction. Consequently, broadband use in schools can either increase or reduce students' performance. This paper provides a model that shows how these two effects trade off. We use a rich...

Providing broadband to schools can be an effective way to foster household Internet adoption in neighboring areas. On the one hand, the infrastructure put into place to meet schools' needs can also serve households. On the other hand, students get acquainted with Internet at school and signal...

Some platforms provide value to their users by facilitating interactions among close connections (e.g. Facebook); others provide value by facilitating interactions among participants that are not directly connected to each other (e.g. online dating sites). For the latter, organic growth is...