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作者:Wang, Xin; Wang, Chong (Alex); Qiu, Liangfei; Weng, Xi
作者单位:Peking University; City University of Hong Kong; State University System of Florida; University of Florida
摘要:The mechanism for data traffic pricing critically impacts the content provision decisions of data-intensive applications. We analyze the implications of sponsored data services on content quality, the profits of content providers (CPs) and Internet service providers (ISPs), consumer surplus, and social welfare using a game-theoretical model. By endogenizing CPs' content quality decisions, our study reveals the critical role of content production efficiency in determining the optimal mechanism ...
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作者:Hahn, Jungpil; Zhou, Junjie; Lee, Gwanhoo; Zorin, Vasilii
作者单位:National University of Singapore; American University
摘要:Despite prior studies on managing the development of software products, it remains unclear which organizational structure is effective in delivering software products to market. In this study, we examine two common approaches to forming software development teams: feature teams that are customer-centric and component teams that are focused on systems architecture. Drawing on the mirroring hypothesis, we propose that feature teams and component teams can mirror the problem space and solution sp...
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作者:Chen, Jianqing; Zeng, Weijun
作者单位:University of Texas System; University of Texas Dallas; Hainan University
摘要:Technology sharing to rivals and new-product introductions enabled by those technologies are often observed across different industries. We develop a game-theoretic model to examine why a firm would voluntarily share its technology and help its rival develop a new product. We find that the cannibalization consideration in the rival's multiproduct pricing imposes externality on the focal firm, and this largely gives rise to its incentive to share technology in addition to the potential benefit ...