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Showing 1 to 20 of 28 for “"Network effect"”.
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Network effect and investor’s perceptions: An empirical investigation
… In the first study of this thesis, a network structure is constructed and built social ties circle based on the frequency of communication of investors within the network, and the network size of the investors to develop a comprehensive measurement scale for the social network index. …
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Network Effect on Teams, Team Processes, and Performance
Team communication provides a foundation for the emergence and development of important team processes. This research focuses on indicators of a team’s transactive memory processes. Through the use of text analysis and natural language processing (NLP) techniques, we illustrate how teams become …
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An empirical investigation into music listening behaviour in the presence of the network effect
… interact with each other and the platforms. The network effects (NEs) play a vital role in the success of online platforms, fostering user collaboration and interest exchange, thereby creating a positive feedback loop that influences user behaviours and contributes to a platform’s success. …
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The migrant network effect : an empirical analysis of rural-to-urban migration in South Africa
… broadly defined as one’s access to a migrant network, affects the probability of rural-to-urban migration. Using the first nationally representative panel dataset in South Africa, the National Income Dynamics Study, and defining a rural-to-urban migrant as an individual who is observed moving …
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Labour market outcomes and the impacts of social networks: evidence from the Cape Town Metropolitan Area
This paper examines whether social networks have an effect on the decision to participate in the labour market by individuals in the greater Cape Town area. By using the fourth wave of the Cape Area Panel Study (CAPS) this paper empirically confirms previously examined results of a network effect …
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From enclosure to embrace : punitive isolation and network culture
… have written extensively on the role of network communications technologies in reconfiguring contemporary culture. While the penetration of the "information society" is now widespread in U.S. culture⁶, not everyone is an equal participant⁷7. As an extreme case in point, the American …
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The Role of Inhibitory Interneurons in a Model od Developmental Epilepsy
… of such activity. Here we have examined the network effect of selectively modulating the inhibitory cells that control vertical or columnar cortical synchrony. This modulation is performed via activation of metabotropic glutamate receptors found on the vertically-projecting interneurons but …
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Understanding the market and access gaps present in South Africas broadband internet sector
… 40% voice telephony domestic penetration the network effect of quicker communication stimulated the domestic economy. Having achieved Universal Access objectives relating to voice communications, today nations seek the compounded advantages from the network effect of broadband Internet access. …
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Business plan of starting up a viral web service bridging online video with e-commerce In Chinese market
The proliferation of broadband network and smart portable devices dramatically change the video service consumption behavior of Chinese millennials who are quite different from elder generation. This thesis presents a business plan for launching a new web service VideoTag for them. Based on tablets …
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The third generation mobile telecommunication business in Korea
… Korean mobile plethora, the model found that the network effect was the most important factor for the diffusion of mobile service in Korea. To investigate the competition on of 2G and 3G businesses, a more complicated model was designed. After its results, the initial large number of service …
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Competitive analysis of digital content and knowledge sharing market for continuing education in China
… business models of top market players. The network effect is strong at some level, but top IP rights owners can still change the power dynamics between content suppliers and platforms. Customers tend to multi-home, i.e. participating on multiple platforms providing similar services, because …
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Inequality of suicide in South Korea: Unequal distribution of completed suicide and suicidal ideation
… with a lower suicide rate, indicating the social network effect. The risk of suicidal ideation was higher for females, older age groups, lower-income, unemployed, not currently married, negative health status (stressed, bad health, depression without care).
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The Market For Electric Vehicles: Indirect Network Effects And Policy Impacts
… new technology. The EV market features indirect network effects (or the chicken-and-egg problem) in that consumers may be reluctant to adopt EVs with the lack of public charging stations while investors are less willing to build charging stations when the installed base of EVs is small. Indirect …
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Explore, expand, extend : 3 steps to overcome cultural barriers and succeed in internationalizing a venture
… of essence, the company is trying to achieve a network effect and growth while making sure the skills gained through the new market entry will be replicable and reusable for other historical markets). I would like to study in detail the 3 highlighted steps; each time providing a list of …
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Linear and Nonlinear Pricing for Network Games With Complete and Incomplete Information
… pricing policy design for a monopolistic network service provider with various types of public and private information on user types. In the communication network pricing literature, it is the linear pricing schemes that have been largely adopted, and here we investigate both linear and …
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Creative destruction in multi-source marketplaces : exploring factors influencing success or failure in multi-sided marketplaces
… results of this research suggest that indirect network effects behave as amplifying or inhibiting forces acting on direct network-effect forces, and can be controlled through policy, or in some cases managed as constraints. This study finds that the key elements to focus on for understanding, …
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Essays on Rural-Urban Migration in China
… household survey data, this study analyzes the effects of migration on rural areas and explores the determinants of the participation and duration of the temporary migration. The first chapter investigates how parental migration affects the decision of enrolling children in high school through …
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Three Essays on Middlemen in Intermediated Markets
… the value of joint production. I focus on the effect of the middlemen on agents' search efforts and on pricing decisions by middlemen. In particular, I show that the middlemen intensify agents' search activities. I also provide an explanation for why middlemen often use asymmetric pricing for …
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The immigrant experience : networks, skills and the next generation
… immigrant families. Chapter 3 re-assesses the effect of living in an ethnic enclave on labour market outcomes of immigrants. I find evidence of cohort effects in the relationship between mean earnings and the proportion of co-ethnics in the CMA which vary by education level. Next, using …
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Competition and Merger in Network Economy
… behavior in modern<br/>economies in which networks are ever-more important and how to optimize merger<br/>policy when network externalities present. As a demand-side economics of scale,<br/>network externalities bring benefit to consumers through merger and acquisition if the<br/>products …
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