Product placement campaigns are increasingly hosted in online games such as social network games and mobile games, where game players interact with each other while playing the game. In this paper, we examine the implications of game players’ social interactions for the product placement...

This research investigates a newly observed online pricing practice in which a seller frames a price premium as a discount by simultaneously increasing the price and introducing a list price, a scheme we call “Premium and List Price Synchronization” (PLPS). By analyzing longitudinal data of...

Online consumer product review is an emerging market phenomenon that is playing an increasingly important role in consumers' purchase decisions. This paper examines a fundamental issue concerning online consumer review, i.e., the functions such reviews have for an online marketer. We argue that...

Network effects and standards competition introduce significant uncertainty into consumers' new-product adoption decisions, creating a substantial challenge to the success of innovating firms. While the literature has highlighted the importance of establishing a large installed-user base (the...