In the context of smart-home ecosystems (SHE), this paper reviews the existing literature on
the application of artificial intelligence (AI) and Internet of things (IoT) concepts in strategic …

Amazon acts as both a platform operator and seller on its platform, designing rich fee
policies and offering some products direct to consumers. This flexibility may improve welfare …

This paper discusses how digitization and the associated emergence of distribution
platforms have affected product discovery, as well as new opportunities, in the content …

Regulators are responding to growing platform power with curbs on platforms' potentially
biased exercise of power, creating urgent needs for both a workable definition of platform …

This article studies whether self-preferencing affects algorithmic recommendations on
dominant platforms. We focus on the dual role of Amazon. com as a platform owner and …

In digital markets, antitrust law and special regulations aim to ensure that markets remain
competitive despite the dominating role that digital platforms play today in everyone's life …

Subscription-based platforms offer consumers access to a large selection of content at a
fixed subscription fee. Recommender systems (RS) can help consumers by reducing the …

Digital platforms can offer a multiplicity of items in one place. This should, in principle, lower
end-users' search costs and improve their decision-making, and thus enhance competition …

This paper examines the impact of most-favored-nation (MFN) clauses on retail prices,
taking advantage of two natural experiments that changed vertical contracting between …

The global landscape of online marketplaces has evolved to encompass a handful of
dominant platforms that play a pivotal role in connecting sellers with consumers, significantly …