phenomenon called network externality. A firm with a portfolio of these and other products--that are often asymmetric in their … degree of network externality or marginal cost--may have to look beyond the traditional strategies of pure components, pure … this study is to compare and contrast the impact of such asymmetry or symmetry in (direct) network externality and cost on …

We study competition in two sided markets with common network externality rather than with the standard inter … the specific but realistic case where the common network externality is homogeneous of degree zero, platforms'profit do … not depend on the intensity of the (common) network externality. This is in sharp contrast to conventional results stating …

In a framework of hardware–software paradigm with network externality, this study analyses the resource allocation …

described as a 'cross-market network externality'. Using a parsimonious model, I characterize solutions for a monopolist and for …-market network externality, it is optimal for the price of one product to increase relative to the price of the other product (by … rational for each firm to attempt to maximize its own cross-market network externality. However (and counter-intuitively), as …

owner. Hence, there is a limited positive production network externality. This paper examines the optimal level of the …