Growing Two-Sided Networks by Advertising the User Base: A Field Experiment

Two-sided exchange networks (such as eBay.com) often advertise their number of users, presumably to encourage further participation. However, these networks differ markedly on how they advertise their user base. Some highlight the number of sellers, some emphasize the number of buyers, and others di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Tucker, Catherine Elizabeth, Zhang, Juanjuan
Other Authors: Sloan School of Management
Format: Article
Language:en_US
Published: Institute for Operations Research and the Management Sciences 2012
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/69866
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1635-3797
https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1847-4832