We provide a theory that unifies the long tail and blockbuster phenomena. Specifically, we analyze a three-stage game where, first, a large number of potential firms make entry decisions, then those who stay in the market decide on the investment in its product, and lastly customers with...

We study a two-period model in which a firm faces the problem of deciding whether to commit to sales volume disclosure under market size uncertainty, when selling a network good to forward-looking customers who time their purchases. If the first-period sales volume is disclosed, the...

We consider a two-sided market competition problem where two platforms compete in both supply and demand sides. We examine a variety of competition modes and study the impact of precommitment on the equilibrium outcomes. By comparing three types of competitions: simultaneous price and wage...

We consider two firms selling products to a market of network-connected customers. Each firm is selling one product and the two products are substitutable. The customers make purchases based on the multinomial logit model and the firms compete for their purchasing probabilities. We characterize...