The objective of this study is to gain a better understanding of the FinTech landscape in the ASEAN region and how it has been evolving within each country. The FinTech ecosystem is constituted of interrelated and purposively congruent stakeholders, including FinTech companies, financial...

Theory predicts that in markets with increasing returns, the number of differentiated products and resulting consumer satisfaction grow in market size. We document this phenomenon across 246 US radio markets. By a mechanism that we term 'preference externalities', an increase in the size of the...

We estimate market power in California's thin water market. Market frictions may distort the potential welfare gains from water marketing. We use a Nash-Cournot model and derive a closed-form solution for the extent of market power in a typical water market setting. We then use this solution to...

When investors disagree and trade on their views about asset returns, market prices reflect the wealth/consumption share weighted average belief about risk premia, where more accurate, risk tolerant, or patient investors carry a larger weight. We explore the properties of this market view, and...

Free-to-play (F2P) games have been recently taking the market by the storm, proving to be both popular among users and developers. Delivering the core experience for free and functional or decorative benefits within the game for a small price (microtransactions), can these games really be...

We examine the extent to which the network effects that lead to the adoption of an online social platform are local. Focusing on the fantasy sports market in the US, we find that the size of a county's existing user base on the platform significantly impacts the number of new users who join the...

Gamification as the use of game mechanisms for motivation in non-game contexts has been gaining popularity and is considered one of the hottest topics in management. However, there is little research on gamification in remuneration systems, especially with regard to the sales force. The article...

In the mobile video games industry, in-app purchases are a major source of revenue. A common in-app purchase is for additional "moves" or "time" in puzzle games. We call these in-app purchases "bonus actions". In some games, bonus actions can only be purchased in advance of attempting a level of...

With the rapid development of mobile technology and consumers’ increasing demand for portability, the mobile gaming market has experienced huge growth. To ensure the success of mobile games, game publishers need to keep their players engaged and, at the same time, seek monetization strategies...

In this paper we discuss the diffusion of serious games and present reasons for why Rogers’ traditional approach is limited in this context. We present an alternative overview through the characteristics of relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, trialability, and observability, that...