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Blagov E. Yu.
Assistant professor, Chair of Information Technologies in Management, Higher School of Management, St. Petersburg State University

Mathematical models of the dynamics of multilateral network platforms
(Russia, St. Petersburg)

The article provides a review and a comparative analysis of multilateral network platforms from the point of view of mathematical modeling; the author distinguishes the promising directions of development in this sphere

Key words: multilateral network platform, multilateral markets, network effects, comparative market power

Pages: 149 - 152

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1 Авторами подчеркивается, что речь идет именно о «слабых субститутах» (weak substitutes), т.к. при прочих равных максимальная цена, которую пользователь готов уплатить за приобретение двух полных субститутов, равна цене какого-либо из них по отдельности ввиду их идеальной заменяемости, в то время как приобретение двух слабых субститутов (например, устройств, выполняющих одни и те же или схожие функции с помощью разных технологий) способно создать ценность.
2 Ср. с логикой обсуждения темы «привязывания» пользователей в работе [3].

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