Sharing economy and tourism: who wins and who loses?

The so-called sharing (or collaborative) economy is generally presented as comprising activities that involve sharing under-used resources, in that …

Airbnb: A qui profite l’économie collaborative?

Dans son Numéro 133 (Eté 2020), la revue En Question (éditée par le Centre Avec; voir aussi ici) publie …

Who pays what on Spotify?

Imagine you moved from Denmark to Malaysia and you want to subscribe to Spotify Premium from your new home. …

An introduction to the economics of platform competition – Part 3

In the first two episodes of this series, I examined what brings markets with platforms to be dominated by …

An introduction to the economics of platform competition – Part 2

In this series, I explain the basic economic mechanisms that shape the competition among platforms. The first episode showed …

An introduction to the economics of platform competition – Part 1

In this series of posts, my objective is to explain the basic economic mechanisms that shape the competition among …

How to categorise network effects (and why)?

This post, co-authored by Paul Belleflamme and Martin Peitz (whom IPdigIT is very happy to welcome in its team!) …

You can never overcome network effects: the truth behind the myth.

In a book soon to be published, Matthias C. Kettemann and Stephan Dreyer have invited 50 authors to clear …

La nouvelle directive sur le droit d’auteur: un “texte équilibré” sur la responsabilité des plateformes?

Le 15 avril 2019, le Conseil de l’UE adoptait, en co-décision avec le Parlement européen, la directive sur le …

PROSEco: a ‘sparkling’ research project (3)

  In recent years, many innovative sharing economy platforms (SEPs) had a strong impact on their stakeholders: service providers …