Targeted prices and privacy: the hidden cost of hiding

The recent developments in digital technologies (e-commerce, social media and networks, mobile computing, sensor technologies) have not only driven …

Les plateformes de crowdfunding : comprendre leurs rôles et leurs stratégies

Comme déjà expliqué sur ce blog (en anglais), le crowdfunding (ou financement participatif) est une forme alternative de financement qui …

Strategic timing of movie releases

Large promotion and production budgets help movie studios not only to attract the audience but also to secure the most profitable …

Brussels Internet & Telecom Seminars (July 16, 2015)

Both Paul Belleflamme and Alain Strowel will contribute to the next Brussels Internet & Telecom Seminar that takes place on …

Not on my network! App exclusion and the net neutrality debate

IPdigIT continues its series of posts on net neutrality (see here and here) by republishing a Policy Brief of …

How do comparison shopping sites make a living? An update

Comparison shopping sites, also known as shopping robots or shopbots, have been around for about two decades. Sites such …

Coverage of the HSBC scandal: a story of two-sided media bias?

On February 17, 2015, Peter Osborne, the Daily Telegraph’s chief political commentator, has resigned from the paper.  He explains his …

Business models for digital goods in the face of the ‘culture of free’?

Piracy of digital goods is an issue that we have already addressed many times on this blog. Here is …

Do patent rights facilitate or impede cumulative innovation?

  Most innovations are the result of a cumulative R&D process, i.e., their production requires the combination of knowledge …

Patent races: pros and cons

We have already developed on this blog the relationship between competition and innovation (see here and here). This relationship goes both ways. On …