The Economics of Online Markets and ICT Networks

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Cooper, Russel (Editor), Madden, Gary (Editor), Lloyd, Ashley (Editor), Schipp, Michael (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Heidelberg : Physica-Verlag HD, 2006.
• Series: Contributions to Economics,
• Subjects: Industrial management.; Management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; E-commerce.; Industrial organization.; Economic policy.; Economics.; Industrial Organization.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Media Management.; IT in Business.; e-Commerce/e-business.

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Table of Contents:

• Innovation and Competition in Online Markets
• Pricing and Bundling of Shared Information Goods: The Case of Cable Channels
• The Development of Electronic Payments Systems
• Behavioral Frictions in Online Contracting: Evidence from Yankee Auctions
• Online Channel Competition in a Differentiated Goods Market
• Competition and Growth in Virtual Markets
• Mobile Network Prospects: A Multi-sided Platform Analysis of Competition
• Regulation, Pricing and Evaluation by Real Options
• Real Options and Telecommunications Regulation
• A Discrete Real Options Approach to Access Pricing
• Optimal Pricing with Sunk Cost and Uncertainty
• Efficient Spectrum Policy Using Real Options and Game Theoretic Methods
• A Real Options Approach to Investment Evaluation with a Network Externality
• Empirical Approaches to Market Analysis
• Mixed Logit Analysis of Carrier Market Share with Stated-preference Data
• Information Technology, Corporate Performance and Firm Size
• A Contingent Valuation of Terrestrial DMB Services
• Consumer Preference for New Wireless Data Services
• An International SME E-marketplace Networking Model.