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    regulating — and competing with — decentralized software platforms

    New platforms reinvent traditional markets as varied as transport, short-term accomodations, and media.  (Consider Uber, Airbnb, and YouTube.)  With new business models come new questions of regulation which Edelman and coauthor Damien Geradin assess in View Details
    • 20 Jan 2016
    • Research & Ideas

    Maybe Uber isn't God's Gift to Mankind

    Uber and its ilk, but then spells out various ways consumers might be negatively affected by the business practices of transportation network companies (or TNCs). IS UBER DRIVING UP YOUR CAR INSURANCE RATES?... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Transportation; Insurance
    • 24 Feb 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

    racial discrimination. In Digital Discrimination: The Case of Airbnb.com, Benjamin G. Edelman and Michael Luca investigate the possibility of racial discrimination against... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Construction; Real Estate; Advertising
    • 15 Oct 2014
    • Research & Ideas

    Apple Pay’s Technology Adoption Problem

    and consumers will embrace this new mode of payment. Either way, even if Apple stumbles with its mobile wallet, the company will likely survive the reputation hit. "Any failure Apple experiences here will be more than offset View Details
    Keywords: by Dina Gerdeman; Technology; Retail
    • 23 Mar 2015
    • Research & Ideas

    It’s Called ‘Price Coherence,’ and It’s Surprisingly Bad for Consumers

    restrictions imposed by the intermediaries, who want consumers to focus less on price differences and more on the benefits of value-added services that they provide, such as distribution, one-stop shopping,... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Retail; Air Transportation; Food & Beverage; Entertainment & Recreation
    • 06 Feb 2008
    • Working Paper Summaries

    On Best-Response Bidding in GSP Auctions

    Keywords: by Matthew Cary, Aparna Das, Benjamin G. Edelman, Ioannis Giotis, Kurtis Heimerl, Anna R. Karlin, Claire Mathieu & Michael Schwarz; Technology
    • 24 Feb 2014
    • News

    Uncovering Racial Discrimination in the ‘Sharing Economy’

    • 14 Dec 2009
    • Research & Ideas

    Can Entrepreneurs Drive People Movers to Success?

    personal rapid transport, or PRT for short, has been percolating since the mid-1950s and is finally gaining ground, according to HBS professor Benjamin G. Edelman. Business and... View Details
    Keywords: by Martha Lagace; Transportation
    • 10 Jan 2011
    • Research & Ideas

    Is Groupon Good for Retailers?

    may file for an initial public offering by the end of 2011, according to the New York Times. "Groupon has attracted remarkable interest," says Harvard Business School professor Benjamin G. Edelman.... View Details
    Keywords: by Carmen Nobel; Advertising; Technology
    • 20 Feb 2018
    • First Look

    First Look at New Research and Ideas, February 20, 2018

    Crisis By: Becker, Bo, and Victoria Ivashina Abstract—By the end of 2013, the share of government debt held by the domestic banking sectors of Eurozone countries was more than twice its 2007 level. We show... View Details
    Keywords: Sean Silverthorne
    • 14 Nov 2017
    • First Look

    New Research and Ideas: November 14, 2017

    experts to discuss how researchers can impact a broader audience, by lending their scientific expertise to pressing social issues, current events, and public debates. The landmark Brown v. Board of Education... View Details
    Keywords: Carmen Nobel
    • 2016
    • Working Paper

    Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin
    Since its launch in 2007, Android has become the dominant mobile device operating system worldwide. In light of this commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key... View Details
    Keywords: Android; Antitrust; Competition Policy; Exclusion; Mobile Communication Devices; Remedies; Tying; Two-Sided Platforms; Lawfulness; Internet; Mobile Technology; Wireless Technology; Information Technology Industry; Telecommunications Industry
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    • 2016
    • Article

    Android and Competition Law: Exploring and Assessing Google's Practices in Mobile

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin
    Since its launch in 2007, Android has become the dominant mobile device operating system worldwide. In light of this commercial success and certain disputed business practices, Android has come under substantial attention from competition authorities. We present key... View Details
    Keywords: Android; Antitrust; Competition Policy; Exclusion; Mobile Communication Devices; Remedies; Tying; Technology Platform; Competition; Monopoly; Policy; Mobile Technology; Telecommunications Industry
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    Efficiencies and Regulatory Shortcuts: How Should We Regulate Companies like Airbnb and Uber?

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin
    New software platforms use modern information technology, including full-featured web sites and mobile apps, to allow service providers and consumers to transact with relative ease and increased trust. These platforms provide notable benefits including reducing... View Details
    Keywords: Platforms; Regulation; Sharing Economy; Uber; Airbnb; Universal Service; Insurance; Market Platforms; Service Delivery; Software; Service Industry
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    • August 2015
    • Article

    Price Coherence and Excessive Intermediation

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright
    Suppose an intermediary provides a benefit to buyers when they purchase from sellers using the intermediary's technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary would want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. With... View Details
    Keywords: Intermediaries; Platforms; Two-Sided Markets; Vertical Restraints; Two-Sided Platforms
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    Priced and Unpriced Online Markets

    By: Benjamin Edelman
    With forces both supporting and opposing zero prices, typical Internet-related activities—like surfing the web, web searches, and e-mail, along with behind-the-scenes practices like domain names and the allocation of IP (Internet Protocol) addresses—present a natural... View Details
    Keywords: Cost vs Benefits; Price; Market Transactions; Service Operations; Internet
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    • 2014
    • Working Paper

    Price Coherence and Adverse Intermediation

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Julian Wright
    Suppose an intermediary provides a benefit to buyers when they purchase from sellers using the intermediary's technology. We develop a model to show that the intermediary will want to restrict sellers from charging buyers more for transactions it intermediates. We show... View Details
    Keywords: Intermediaries; Platforms; Two-Sided Markets; Price Coherence; Price; Two-Sided Platforms; Distribution Channels
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    • Spring 2015
    • Article

    Bitcoin: Economics, Technology, and Governance

    By: Rainer Böhme, Nicolas Christin, Benjamin Edelman and Tyler Moore
    Bitcoin is an online communication protocol that facilitates virtual currency including electronic payments. Since its inception in 2009 by an anonymous group of developers, Bitcoin has served tens of millions of transactions with total dollar value in the billions.... View Details
    Keywords: Market Platforms; Online Technology; Currency
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    Spontaneous Deregulation: How to Compete with Platforms That Ignore the Rules

    By: Benjamin Edelman and Damien Geradin
    Many successful platform businesses—think Airbnb, Uber, and YouTube—ignore laws and regulations that appear to preclude their approach. The rule-flouting phenomenon is something we call "spontaneous private deregulation," and it is not new. Benign or otherwise,... View Details
    Keywords: Regulation; Deregulation; Innovation And Strategy; Innovation Strategy; Laws and Statutes; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry; Entertainment and Recreation Industry
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    • 14 Oct 2009
    • First Look

    First Look: October 14

      Working PapersCapitalizing On Innovation: The Case of Japan (revised October 2009) Authors:Robert Dujarric and Andrei Hagiu Abstract Japan's industrial landscape is characterized by hierarchical forms of... View Details
    Keywords: Martha Lagace