Narrow search
Showing 1 - 10 of 142
Cover Image
Competition policy reform in Europe and Germany - institutional change in the light of digitization
Budzinski, Oliver; Stöhr, Annika - 2018
The ubiquitous process of digitization changes economic competition on markets in several ways and leads to the emergence of new business models. The increasing roles of digital platforms as well as data-driven markets represent two relevant examples. These developments challenge competition...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011926921
Cover Image
Learning from data and network effects : the example of internet search
Schäfer, Maximilian; Sapi, Geza - 2020
The rise of dominant firms in data driven industries is often credited to their alleged data advantage. Empirical evidence lending support to this conjecture is surprisingly scarce. In this paper we document that data as an input into machine learning tasks display features that support the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012270849
Cover Image
The competitive landscape of online platforms
Duch-Brown, Néstor - 2017
This paper describes the different forces that shape the market structure of four different "online platform ecosystems" and the competition between them. The paper focuses on the following categories of platforms, which represent a wide scope of online activities: (i) e-commerce marketplaces;...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980790
Cover Image
Quality discrimination in online multi-sided markets
Duch-Brown, Néstor - 2017
The aim of this paper is to explain evidence of unfair practices by online platforms towards business users, particularly SME's. First, using survey data, we show that sellers operating with four different categories of platforms multi-home (marketplaces, app stores, social networks and online...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980938
Cover Image
Platforms to business relations in online platform ecosystems
Duch-Brown, Néstor - 2017
This report presents evidence on the relationship between online platforms and businesses using these platforms to reach consumers or conduct their operations. First, we review the literature on vertical relationships both from a classic approach and from a multi-sided market perspective....
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011980948
Cover Image
Acquisitions, entry and innovation in network industries
Norbäck, Pehr-Johan; Persson, Lars; Tåg, Joacim - 2011
Why do so many high-priced acquisitions of entrepreneurial firms take place in network industries? We develop a theory of commercialization (entry or sale) in network industries showing that high equilibrium acquisition prices are driven by the incumbents' desire to prevent rivals from acquiring...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008936956
Cover Image
Choosing your battles : endogenous multihoming and platform competition
Haan, Marco; Stoffers, Nennette E.; Zwart, Gijsbert T. J. - 2021
We study how digital platforms can choose competitive strategies to influence the number of multihoming consumers. Platforms compete for consumers and advertisers. A platform earns a premium from advertising to singlehomers, as it is a gatekeeper to these consumers. Competitive strategies...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012586398
Cover Image
Work and value creation in the platform economy
Kenney, Martin; Zysman, John - 2018
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011983604
Cover Image
Net neutrality and internet fragmentation : the role of online advertising
D'Annunzio, Anna; Russo, Antonio - 2015 - This version: July 2015
We investigate the relation between Net Neutrality regulation and Internet fragmentation. We model a two-sided market …, where Content Providers (CPs) and consumers interact through Internet Service Providers (ISPs), and CPs sell consumers … identify an important link between termination fees, the online advertising market and Internet fragmentation. We extend the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011305392
Cover Image
Bork's hoax : antitrust and the internet market
Alleman, James H. - 2021
Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012804859