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Showing 1 to 9 of 9 for “"Information Goods"”.
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Essays on Internet markets and information goods
… The third essay, "Renting versus Selling Durable Information Goods", studies whether a monopoly producer of a durable information good should sell or rent its good to consumers. We study whether the producer obtains a higher profit under a selling strategy or a renting strategy. Our analysis shows …
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Studies in the Algorithmic Pricing of Information Goods and Services
… techniques for automatically pricing digital and information goods in order to maximize profit in different settings. We also consider the effect on social welfare when agents use these pricing algorithms. The digital goods considered in this thesis are electronic commodities that have zero …
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Advanced peer-based technology business models
… creation of digital standards for the storage of information goods ( e.g. written documents, audio recordings, videos) has allowed individuals to exchange these goods with one another on an international scale with essentially no marginal cost. This phenomenon has been accelerated by the rise of …
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The New Balance Between Copyright Holders and Users in Cyberspace.
As the influence of the Internet in global information gains significance, it gives rise to tremendous legal challenges that have no precedent in history. One aspect of the Internet that arouses controversies is determining the proper path of copyright in the Internet Age. It is foreseeable that …
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Tapping into the pulse of the market : essays on marketing implications of information flows
… with a plethora of new business models. The information flows created in the process poses both opportunities and challenges for marketers. On one hand, information flows captured online are usually easier to be stored and processed, thus empowering firms to be better informed about the …
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Temporal separation of payments and consumption in online payment systems and their impact on firm strategies
Although practitioner research in Information Systems has touted the relevance of online payment systems as a critical element for success of e-commerce business models, the strategic needs for adopting online payment systems are still unclear to most firms. This dissertation studies how one design …
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Essays on volunteer mobilization in peer production
… large volunteer communities and high-quality information goods, the vast majority of attempts at peer production never even attract a second contributor. This dissertation is composed of three essays that describe and test theories on the sources and effects of volunteer mobilization in peer …
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Discovery Food - Culinary Architecture
… places unique in times of globalization? If information, goods, food, architecture are the same everywhere, what`s the difference between places? What are people identifying with? Eating habits are a main factor of cultural identification. How can architecture contribute to these feelings of …
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The Behavior of Technology Suppliers in the Presence of Network Externalities
This study surveys the theoretical literature dealing with the behavior of technology suppliers in the presence of network externalities with a focus on economies of compatibility setting and promotional pricing. Positive network externalities arise when a good is more valuable to a user because …