Netflix, Amazon, YouTube, and Apple have been joined by Disney+, Twitch, Facebook and others to supplant the broadcast industry. As the FCC, FTC, and other regulators struggle, a new digital divide has emerged. The current regulatory regime for television is built upon the government’s right...

As illustrated by the recent Volkswagen emissions scandal and other large-scale corporate wrongdoing, business organizations and top executives with disclosure duties learn to be willfully blind to what is happening inside their organizations. Under pressure for results without inquiry into...

“Digital business ecosystems” (DBEs) reflect the culmination of progressive changes in business models and organizational structure over the last 40 years. The ubiquity of many large DBEs in our economy, society, and political system is troubling, as is their significant market power, which...

“Digital business ecosystems” (DBEs) reflect the culmination of progressive changes in business models and organizational structure over the last 40 years. The ubiquity of many large DBEs in our economy, society, and political system is troubling, as is their significant market power, which...

In this paper, we incorporate the concept of fairness in a conventional dyadic channel to investigate how fairness may affect channel coordination. We show that when channel members are concerned about fairness, the manufacturer can use a simple wholesale price above its marginal cost to...

This paper studies whether market structure affects algorithmic recommendations in dominant platforms. We focus on the dual role of Amazon.com---as a platform owner and retailer. We find that products sold by Amazon receive substantially more ``Frequently Bought Together” recommendations...

In recent years, the expansion of touristic activities confirmed the importance of marketing activities in touristic regions. In tourism as well, globalization implies an unlimited number of options, and the traditional elements regarding competition and differences related to price or quality...

Madrid has never been so close to the organization of the Olympic Games since April 24, 1966 when Madrid lose against Munich to organize the Olympic Games of 1972. When organizing the Olympic Games, it is necessary to bear in mind not only infrastructures and sport venues, but also the...

The paper deals with quality management in the sector of Tourist Information Centres (TIC) in the Czech Republic and the development of the quality management systems in the sector as part of the national quality management system in tourism. Since the TICs perform a prominent role in...

Conceptual works on tourism destination competitiveness affirm the central importance of planning the process of value creation within destination. Italy is an emblematic case of why and how a leading tourism destination may lose competitiveness along the years. Up to the 1980s Italy was in fact...