Understanding the strategies of crowdfunding platforms
(This article, co-authored by Paul Belleflamme, Nessrine Omrani and Martin Peitz, has been published in the CESIfo DICE Report of …
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What is ‘patent holdup’? Should it be regulated? If yes, how?
On January 6, 2016, the Liège Competition and Innovation Institute (LCII) organized a half-day conference around the question: “Regulating Patent …
Personalized Pricing: “Big Data is watching you!”
Until recently, the idea of first-degree price discrimination was just a theoretical concept resting in standard microeconomics textbooks, as the …
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 we …
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 the …
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 individuals …
The scope of “copyleft“ effect: What’s right and what’s “left“? (part II – Triggering “copyleft”)
As was described in the first part, “copyleft” can be translated into simple words as an obligation to license modifications …
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 release …
The scope of “copyleft“ effect: What’s right and what’s “left“? (part I – Introduction)
March 2015 marks the 30th anniversary of the publication of one of the first and most prominent documents presenting “copyleft” …
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 the …
