Platform performance investment in the presence of network externalities

Information Systems Research

Volumn 25, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 152-172

  Anderson, Edward G ^a   Parker, Geoffrey G ^b   Tan, Burcu ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TEXAS AT AUSTIN   (United States)

^b TULANE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Network externality; Product development; Two sided markets; Video game industry

Indexed keywords

COMMERCE; COMPETITION; ECONOMICS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT;

COMPETITIVE EDGES; NETWORK EXTERNALITY; OPTIMUM INVESTMENTS; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT CYCLE; STRATEGIC MODELING; THIRD-PARTY CONTENT; TWO-SIDED MARKETS; VIDEO GAME INDUSTRY;

INVESTMENTS;

EID: 84897949534     PISSN: 10477047     EISSN: 15265536     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1287/isre.2013.0505     Document Type: Article

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