Research on multisided platforms has emphasized how platform owners accumulate
significant power over other platform actors, such as producers and customers, arguing for …

Platform giants typically possess strong power over other participants on the platforms. Such
power asymmetry gives platform owners the edge on setting platform fees to capture the …

It is important to promote the new energy vehicle development for the construction of
charging infrastructure. Government guides charging facility operators to join a unified …

We investigate the welfare effects of third-degree price discrimination by a two-sided
platform that enables interaction between buyers and sellers. Sellers are heterogeneous …

Online intermediaries greatly expand consumer information, but also raise sellers' marginal
costs by charging high commissions. To prevent disintermediation, some platforms adopted …

Over the past decade, the ascendancy of the platform economy has led to a significant shift
by numerous online merchants, transitioning from the conventional wholesale model to the …

Platforms often use fee discrimination within their marketplace (eg, Amazon, eBay, and Uber
specify a variety of merchant fees). To better understand the impact of marketplace fee …

The rapid development and widespread application of the new generation information
technology has not only promoted innovation in traditional business models, but also has …

To increase the provision of digital content based on a pre-existing intellectual property (IP-
based content), digital content platforms can either procure finished IP-based content made …

Publicizing manufacturers' emission reduction through a reputable streamer is a novel
cooperation model among members of a live-streaming supply chain. The streamer offers …