This paper models two-sided market platforms, which connect third-party suppliers
(developers) of many different products and services to users who demand a variety of these …

Platforms tend to show winner-take-all dynamics and lead to monopolistic structures, which
has led to fierce debates about how to best rein in the power of platform owners (Hurni et al …

We examine whether ownership of intellectual property rights (IPR) or downstream
capabilities is effective in encouraging entry into markets complementary to a proprietary …

Platform owners often strive to reduce adverse selection and increase quality reputation by
redesigning their platforms. One such platform design is to screen incumbent …

On many online platforms sellers offer products with additional fees and features. Platforms
often deliberately shroud these fees from consumers. Examples are shipping fees, luggage …

We study incentives to invest in platform quality in proprietary and open-source platforms. A
comparison of monopoly platforms reveals that for a given level of user and developer …

The growing influence of internet platforms acting as content aggregators is one of the most
important challenges facing the media industry. We develop a simple model to understand …

Extant platform research focuses on how platform owners' governance behaviors directly
affect complementors. This study explicates the multilateral interdependence among …

We build an economic model to study the problem of offering a new, high-certainty channel
on an existing business-to-consumer platform such as Taobao and eBay. On this new …

Multi-sided platforms are increasingly common, which is no surprise given the winner-take-
all dynamics in platform-based markets. That is, the platform with the biggest installed base …