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 …

Recent claims that online platforms have secured permanent monopolies, protected by barriers to entry from network …: disruptive innovation that provides opportunities for entry; competition from online platforms that have secured a toehold in one … this points to online platforms facing sleepless nights since any online platform that tries the quiet life of monopoly …

platforms to keep prices lower and quality higher than they would absent these feedback effects. In some cases the nature of the …, particularly when the business model adopted by the industry makes it difficult for platforms to move from free participation. To … one group is free. Market shares should be used cautiously in assessing market power for multi-sided platforms, especially …

key findings from the literature on network effects and two-sided platforms. It lays out the basic models of monopoly … effects. Intermediaries manage these network effects and thus act as platforms that bring users together. This paper reviews … platforms and platform competition, and elaborates on some routes taken by recent research. …

This article studies competition between different types of ad-funded platforms attracting consumers with free services …. Consumers often find advertisements a nuisance on such platforms. We study how under a competitive setting platforms balance the … that studies competition between standard platforms and social media platforms (with same-side network effects). We find …