We model the main arguments of the net neutrality debate in atwo-sided market framework with network congestion sensitive con-tent providers and Internet consumers on each side, respectively. Theplatform is controlled by a monopolistic Internet service provider, whomay choose to sell content...

This book brings together contributions of a distinguished panel of regulators as well as lawyers and economists from both academia and industry to present their insights on the digital convergence phenomenon in the telecommunications industry. The contributions cover a great deal of the...

Auction fever is a multifaceted phenomenon thatis frequently observed in both traditional and Internetauctions. In order to gain a better understanding of itscauses, we develop a conceptual framework to analyzeemotions in auctions, which is based on an exhaustiveliterature review. The framework...

This open access book provides a broad range of insights on market engineering and information management. It covers topics like auctions, stock markets, electricity markets, the sharing economy, information and emotions in markets, smart decision-making in cities and other systems, and...

Automated use of electronic services calls for comprehensive service description languages.A couple of description languages have been developed so far each with a specific focus. Wedistinguish three different layers, syntactic, semantic, and resource description languages.In this paper we...

The deregulation of the German energy sector changes transaction relations, trading processes and contract design. We report on the findings of a field research survey conductet in the deregulated German wholsale trading market between April and June 2000.

Recent changes in the German energy policy initiated a deregulation process from a monopolistic to a competitive market, fundamentally changing the market structure, transaction relationships and trading processes. While the mutual exchange of electric energy has been a business activity between...

This paper presents a framework for Service Level Management indynamic, heterogeneous environments for service composition. Compositions areselected based upon previously observed performance and the associated riskderived from such observations. The architecture of a framework is introduced...

With the increasingly ubiquitous nature of Socialnetworks and Cloud computing, users are starting to explore newways to interact with, and exploit these developing paradigms.Social networks are used to reflect real world relationships thatallow users to share information and form connections...