An empirical analysis of network externalities in peer-to-peer music-sharing networks

Information Systems Research

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 155-174

  Asvanund, Atip ^a   Clay, Karen ^a   Krishnan, Ramayya ^a   Smith, Michael D ^a  

^a CARNEGIE MELLON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Efficiency; Empirical; Incentives; Napster; Network design; Network externalities; Peer to peer networks; Size limitation

Indexed keywords

CLIENT SERVER COMPUTER SYSTEMS; COMPUTER ARCHITECTURE; COPYRIGHTS; DATA REDUCTION; DIGITAL STORAGE; INFORMATION SCIENCE; INTERNET; MACHINE DESIGN;

EMPIRICAL; INCENTIVES; NAPSTER; NETWORK DESIGN; NETWORK EXTERNALITIES; PEER-TO-PEER NETWORKS; SIZE LIMITATION;

COMPUTER NETWORKS;

EID: 4043130905     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.1040.0020     Document Type: Review

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