Incumbents and the sharing economy: the example of GM

It is safe to say that the automotive industry experiences some turmoil; cars themselves, as well as the way …

Taking on Uber

Over the past six years, Uber has become a synonym for on-demand transportation services. The San-Francisco based start-up pioneered …

YouTube turns freemium

On October 28th YouTube launched its new subscription service YouTube Red. So far it is only available for viewers …

Business models for digital goods: video games (episodic games)

In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for …

Business models for digital goods: video games (free-to-play games)

In a recent post on IPdigIT Paul Belleflamme raised the question of what might be appropriate business models for …

Putting a price on privacy – but how?

This is the third part of a series that discusses the value of personal information in the digital economy. …

Putting a price on privacy – an Introduction to the Economics of Privacy

This is the second part of a three-piece series that discusses the value of personal information in the digital …

Putting a price on privacy – are there benefits to sharing private information?

How much would you be willing to pay in order to prevent your Internet provider from tracking and analysing …

Mind. your own. business school – a case study of a multi-sided platform

This blog post is based on the comments of Master students to an article posted by Paul Belleflamme in …

Planned obsolescence in the digital age

In about two weeks, on April the 8th, Microsoft is ending its support services for its popular operating system …