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2014

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Information And Two-Sided Platform Profits Apr 2014

Information And Two-Sided Platform Profits

Hanna Halaburda

We study the effect of different levels of information on two-sided platform profits--under monopoly and competition. One side (developers) is always informed about all prices and therefore forms responsive expectations. In contrast, we allow the other side (users) to be uninformed about prices charged to developers and to hold passive expectations. We show that platforms with more market power (monopoly) prefer facing more informed users. In contrast, platforms with less market power (i.e., facing more intense competition) have the opposite preference: they derive higher profits when users are less informed. The main reason is that price information leads user expectations …

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Corrigendum To "Improving Bid Efficiency For Humanitarian Food Aid Procurement": [Int. J. Production Economics 134 (2011) 238–245], Aniruddha Bagchi, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Michael Maloni Apr 2014

Corrigendum To "Improving Bid Efficiency For Humanitarian Food Aid Procurement": [Int. J. Production Economics 134 (2011) 238–245], Aniruddha Bagchi, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Michael Maloni

Jomon Aliyas Paul

Correction: Few of the equations and formulas in the above mentioned article has been produced incorrectly. The correct equations as per the original source are provided.

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Location-Allocation Planning Of Stockpiles For Effective Disaster Mitigation, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Govind Hariharan Apr 2014

Location-Allocation Planning Of Stockpiles For Effective Disaster Mitigation, Jomon Aliyas Paul, Govind Hariharan

Jomon Aliyas Paul

In the existing framework for receiving and allocating Strategic National Stockpile (SNS) assistance, there are three noticeable delays: the delay by the state in requesting federal assets, the delay in the federal process which releases assets only upon the declaration of a disaster and lastly the time it takes to reach supplies rapidly from the SNS stockpile to where it is needed. The most efficient disaster preparedness plan is one that addresses all three delays taking into account the unique nature of each disaster. In this paper, we propose appropriate changes to the existing framework to address the first two …

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When Does A Platform Create Value By Limiting Choice?, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hanna Halaburda Dec 2013

When Does A Platform Create Value By Limiting Choice?, Ramon Casadesus-Masanell, Hanna Halaburda

Hanna Halaburda

We present a theory for why it might be rational for a platform to limit the number of applications available on it. Our model is based on the observation that even if users prefer application variety, applications often also exhibit direct network effects. When there are direct network effects, users prefer to consume the same applications to benefit from consumption complementarities. We show that the combination of preference for variety and consumption complementarities gives rise to (i) a commons problem (to better satisfy their individual preference for variety, users have an incentive to consume more applications than the number that …

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