We consider a heretofore unexplored explanation for why platforms, such as Internet service providers and mobile-phone networks, offer plans with download limits: through one of two mechanisms, doing so causes the providers of the content consumer purchase to either reduce their prices or...

The proliferation of the Internet and the latest mobile communication technologies have given rise to new forms of communication that made it easier for sellers as well as consumers to communicate and conduct business in real time and in virtual space with manufacturers, retailers or among each...

In a model of multi-dealer platforms where dealers endogenously choose whether to respond to a client’s request for quote, the client chooses to contact only two dealers in equilibrium. Contacting more dealers would lower each dealer’s response probability, which in turn causes each...

Understanding the development trajectory of digital platforms is central to digital platform management. We propose to consider the multiple roles played by participants of blockchain platforms and demonstrate that adding this dimension significantly improves our understanding of platform...

In this study, we explore why an online retailer would open its platform and why a third-party seller would join the platform when the third party carries products identical to those the retailer sells as well as products the retailer does not carry. When the third party joins the retailer's...

Internet auctions on eBay and Yahoo allow sellers to list their auctions with a buy-now option. In such auctions the seller sets a buy price at which a bidder may purchase the item immediately and end the auction. In the eBay version of a buy-now auction, the buy-now option disappears as soon as...

Many studies have addressed the research questions in platform pricing and WEEE (Waste Electric and Electronic Equipment) collection. However, they may ignore the effect of trust-building in the online platform and how trust affects the optimal strategy built in the recycling platform. Consumers...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, provides an analysis of buyout contracts imposed by platforms in the cultural and creative sector in EU law. The study provides a detailed...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, provides an analysis of buyout contracts imposed by platforms in the cultural and creative sector in EU law. The study provides a detailed...

This study, commissioned by the European Parliament's Policy Department for Citizens' Rights and Constitutional Affairs at the request of the JURI Committee, provides an analysis of buyout contracts imposed by platforms in the cultural and creative sector in EU law. The study provides a detailed...