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Casadesus-Masanell, Ramon; Nalebuff, Barry; Yoffie, David B. - NET Institute - 2007

In Cournot's model of complements, the producers of A and B are both monopolists. This paper extends Cournot's model to … allow for competition between complements on one side of the market. Consider two complements, A and B, where the A+B bundle …

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Two-sided competition of proprietary vs. open source technology platforms and the implications for the software industry

Economides, Nicholas; Katsamakas, Evangelos - NET Institute - 2005

Technology platforms, such as Microsoft Windows, are the hubs of technology industries. We develop a framework to characterize the optimal two-sided pricing strategy of a platform firm, that is, the pricing strategy towards the direct users of the platform as well as towards firms offering...

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Vertical Integration and Exclusivity in Two-Sided Markets

Lee, Robin S. - NET Institute - 2007

This paper measures the impact of vertically integrated and exclusive software on industry structure and welfare in the … for hardware and software products, and software demand for hardware platforms. I use estimates to simulate market … outcomes had platforms been unable to own or contract exclusively with software. Driven by increased software compatibility …

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Price Wars in Two-Sided Markets: The case of the UK Quality Newspapers

Behringer, Stefan; Filistrucchi, Lapo - NET Institute - 2009

This paper investigates the price war in the UK quality newspaper industry in the 1990s. We build a model of the newspaper market which encompasses demand for differentiated products on both, the readers and advertisers side of the market, and profit maximization by four competing oligopolistic...

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Technology Shocks in Multi-Sided Markets: The Impact of Craigslist on Local Newspapers

Seamans, Robert; Zhu, Feng - NET Institute - 2010

Theories of multi-sided markets suggest that a platform’s pricing strategies on different sides of the market are closely linked, and in particular, an increase in competition on one side may lead to an increase in price on other sides. We empirically examine platforms’ pricing strategies by...

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Assessing the Value of Network Security Technologies: The Impact of Configuration and Interaction on Value

Cavusoglu, Huseyin; Cavusoglu, Hasan - NET Institute - 2007

Proper configuration of security technologies is critical to balance the access and protection requirements of information. The common practice of using a layered security architecture that has multiple technologies amplifies the need for proper configuration because the configuration decision...

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Software Innovation and the Open Source threat

Lambardi, German - NET Institute - 2009

In this paper I study how innovation investment in a software duopoly is affected by the fact that one of the firms is … technological levels. An OS firm is a for profit organization whose basic software is OS and it is distributed for free. The OS firm …, however, is able to make profits from selling complementary software and, on the cost side, it receives development help from …

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A Model of Product Design and Information Disclosure Investments

Markopoulos, Panos; Hosanagar, Kartik - NET Institute - 2013

As online information availability for products and services is increasing and as buyers engage in more online search prior to purchase decisions, it is becoming more important for firms to know when to invest to reduce buyer uncertainty. This article argues that today's firms should view...

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Mass Customization with Vertically Differentiated Products

Loginova, Oksana; Wang, X. Henry - NET Institute - 2008

We analyze a duopoly game in which products are initially differentiated in variety and quality. Each consumer has a most preferred variety and a quality valuation. Customization provides ideal varieties but has no effect on product qualities. The firms first choose whether to customize their...

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Network Effects, Market Structure and Industry Performance

Amir, Rabah; Lazzati, Natalia - NET Institute - 2009

This paper provides a thorough analysis of oligopolistic markets with positive demand-side network externalities and perfect compatibility. The minimal structure imposed on the model primitives is such that industry output increases in a firm's rivals' total output as well as in the expected...

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