Somewhere between Nick Carr’s “Typology of Network Strategies” and Chris Anderson’s “Four Kinds of Free” is the secret to understanding our new economy: Carr’s “Typology of Network Strategies”: Network effect Data mining Digital sharecropping, or “user-generated content” Complements Two-sided markets Economies of scale, economies of scope, and experience Anderson’s “Four Kinds of Free”: Direct cross-subsidy [...]
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