As the amount of online content explodes, mobile network operators (MNOs) are investigating new business models that encourage content providers (CPs) to sponsor data for consumers. We analyze this recent phenomenon using an incomplete information game-theoretical model, where the MNO does not...

Internet service providers (ISPs) are experimenting with a business model that allows content providers (CPs) to subsidize Internet access for end consumers. In this study, we develop a game-theoretical model to analyze the effects of this sponsorship of consumer data usage. We find that the...

One emerging business model for Internet service providers (ISPs) is to allow content providers (CPs) to subsidize Internet access for end consumers. In the present study, we develop a game-theoretical model to analyze the effects of this sponsorship of consumer data usage. The findings indicate...

Online communities have been growing rapidly in the last two decades and at the same time becoming more diverse. Millions of internet users actively contribute to various types of online communities ranging from user generated contents and social media to collaborative content communities, on a...

Innovation and competition are two major pillars in the IT industry. In this paper, we examine the causal relationship between product market competitiveness and the innovations in the IT industry. We measure the innovations from both the quantity (number of patents) and the quality (number of...