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Chinese Journal of Management Science ›› 2022, Vol. 30 ›› Issue (7): 276-286.doi: 10.16381/j.cnki.issn1003-207x.2018.0856

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Network Communication Platforms’ Pricing Strategies Considering Intra-group Network Externalities and Consumers’ Multi-homing Behavior

ZHAO Ju1,2, WANG Yan1, CAO Zong-hong3, LIU Long1, YANG Ai-feng1,4   

  1. 1. School of Management, Hefei University of Technology, Hefei 230009,China;2. Key Laboratory of Process Optimization and Intelligent Decision-making, Ministry of Education, Hefei 230009, China;3. School of Sciences, Anhui Agricultural University, Hefei 230601, China;4. Ministry of Education Engineering Research Center for Intelligent Decision-Making & Information System Technologies, Hefei 230009, China
  • Received:2018-06-15 Revised:2020-12-01 Online:2022-08-05 Published:2022-08-05
  • Contact: 王艳 E-mail:1538447757@qq.com

Abstract: With the development of platform construction technology, the market of network communication platforms has changed from monopoly to duopoly or oligopoly. For example, in China, China Mobile monopolized the market in 80’s of last century, but now there are a three-pronged situation of China Mobile, Telecom and China Unicom. At the same time, with the improvement of the economic level, consumers have also shifted from single-homing to partial multi-homing. Motivated by the observation, how the market structure and the changes of consumers' behavior affect the platforms’ optimal pricing decision and profits is investigated.

Key words: bilateral platform; intra-group network externality; multi-homing behavior; duopoly; pricing

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