Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy
This paper utilizes the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy to examine incentives of service providers at various stages in the service provider value chain to vertically integrate. The focus is on residential, dial-up subscribers to simplify the analysis. The goal of the paper is to address the...
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| author | Lehr, William |
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| description | This paper utilizes the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy to examine
incentives of service providers at various stages in the service provider value chain to
vertically integrate. The focus is on residential, dial-up subscribers to simplify the
analysis. The goal of the paper is to address the following sorts of questions:
-- What are the incentives of firms at various stages in the value chain to
vertically integrate?
-- What does this imply for Internet industry structure today and in the future?
-- Is the market for a commodity IP bearer service sustainable?
The paper is organized into the following sections. Section I provides a review of
the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/15392019-04-09T17:47:20Z Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy Lehr, William pricing taxonomy integration Internet This paper utilizes the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy to examine incentives of service providers at various stages in the service provider value chain to vertically integrate. The focus is on residential, dial-up subscribers to simplify the analysis. The goal of the paper is to address the following sorts of questions: -- What are the incentives of firms at various stages in the value chain to vertically integrate? -- What does this imply for Internet industry structure today and in the future? -- Is the market for a commodity IP bearer service sustainable? The paper is organized into the following sections. Section I provides a review of the Internet Pricing Interface Taxonomy. 2002-07-23T15:42:43Z 2002-07-23T15:42:43Z 1997-11 http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1539 en_US 72614 bytes application/pdf application/pdf |
| spellingShingle | pricing taxonomy integration Internet Lehr, William Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title | Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title_full | Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title_fullStr | Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title_full_unstemmed | Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title_short | Vertical Integration and Internet Industry Structure: An Application of the Pricing Taxonomy |
| title_sort | vertical integration and internet industry structure an application of the pricing taxonomy |
| topic | pricing taxonomy integration Internet |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/1539 |
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