This paper examines a model of competition between two types of health insurers: Managed Care Organizations (MCOs) and “Conventional Insurers." MCOs vertically integrate health care providers and pay them at a competitive price, while conventional insurers work as indemnity plans and pay the...

This paper deals with competition in communications markets between an incumbent and an entrant. We analyze the effect of bundling strategy by a firm who enters an incumbent market. This market dimension has profound implications on the sustainability of collusion in an infinitely repeated game...

This policy paper aims to contribute to understanding the recent debate on fair cost sharing between Big Techs and European telecommunication operators who offer complementary services: content and access to the Internet. We take stock from recent economic literature and empirical evidences to...

The internet giants – Facebook, Amazon, Apple, Microsoft, and Google – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. The negative effects have been stark. There have been huge disruptions caused by e-commerce. More recently, subtler, but even more serious negative effects...

This paper analyses the properties and the dynamics of the ICT sector as an ecosystem here firms interact, innovate, and compete through bundling and external growth strategies. By exploring the strategies of firms and their relative performances, we show that the allocation of revenue between...