The proliferation of the Internet has enabled platform intermediaries to create two-sided
markets in many industries. Time-series data on the number of customers on both sides of …

Consumer-to-consumer (C2C) platforms have become a major engine of growth in Internet
commerce. This is especially true in countries such as China, which are experiencing a big …

Many online platforms show characteristics whereby two groups of agents–the buyers and
the sellers–come together and interact with one another via the enabling platform. The …

Dear Readers, Multi-sided platforms (MSPs) have been around for several centuries. Only
recently, however, MSPs have become prominent in the economy, especially due to the …

Many Internet intermediaries operate two-sided networks, that is, they provide platforms to
bring together two types of participants, or" sides," such as buyers and sellers. This paper …

Many two-sided platforms (for example, eBay, Google, iOS, Android, Twitter, and Amazon)
provide integration tools, such as modular interfaces, interactive development environments …

In a competitive environment, determining when to enter the market and what homing
policies should be adopted are crucial strategic decisions for platform-based businesses. In …

Purpose Digital business platforms (DBPs) such as Alibaba and Google Shopping are
partnership networks that use the Internet to bring service providers (eg retail vendors) and …

Online marketplaces thrive by offering products from a wide array of third-party stores. One
major decision faced by the owners of online marketplaces is whether they should enter into …

In two-sided markets, two groups of agents interact through platforms. Because agents'
decision to join a platform is affected by the presence of agents on the other side, their …