scholarly journals The Impact of Asymmetric Regulation on Product Bundling: The Case of Fixed Broadband and Mobile Communications in Japan

2015 ◽  
Author(s):  
Toshifumi Kuroda ◽  
Takanori Ida ◽  
Teppei Koguchi
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Product Bundling ◽  
The Impact ◽  
Asymmetric Regulation

Manufacturer’s Entry in the Product-Sharing Market

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Lin Tian ◽  
Baojun Jiang ◽  
Yifan Xu
Keyword(s):  
Transaction Cost ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Marginal Cost ◽  
Large Scale ◽  
Economic Benefits ◽  
Problem Definition ◽  
Environmental Benefits ◽  
Economic Implications ◽  
Cost Of Production ◽  
The Impact

Problem definition: Mobile communications technologies and online platforms have enabled large-scale consumer-to-consumer (C2C) sharing of their underutilized products. This paper studies a manufacturer’s optimal entry strategy in the product-sharing market and the economic implications of its entry. Academic/practical relevance: Sharing of products or services among consumers has experienced dramatic growth in recent years. The impact of C2C sharing on traditional firms can be very significant. In response to C2C product sharing, many manufacturers (e.g., General Motors and BMW) have entered the product-sharing market to provide business-to-consumer (B2C) rental services in addition to outright sales to consumers. Methodology: We employ a game-theoretic analytical model for our analysis. Results: Our analysis shows that when C2C sharing has a low transaction cost and the manufacturer’s marginal cost of production is not very high, the manufacturer will find it not optimal to offer its own rental services to consumers. In contrast, when the C2C sharing transaction cost is high or the manufacturer’s marginal cost of production is high, the manufacturer should offer enough units of the products for rental to squeeze out C2C sharing (in expectation). When the C2C-sharing transaction cost and the manufacturer’s marginal cost are both in the middle ranges, the manufacturer’s rental services and the C2C sharing will coexist, in which case the manufacturer’s entry in the sharing market may reduce the total number of units of the product in the whole market, but increase the consumer surplus and the social welfare. This reduced number of products due to the manufacturer’s B2C rental service also suggests less environmental impact from production. Managerial implications: The production cost and the C2C sharing transaction cost play critical roles in determining the manufacturer’s optimal quantity to use for its B2C rental services and the equilibrium outcome. In some situations, the manufacturer’s entry in the sharing market provides not only economic benefits to the firm and consumers, but also environmental benefits to the society as a whole.

The Impact of Technology Advances on Strategy Formulation in Mobile Communications Networks

2011 ◽  
pp. 90-120
Author(s):  
Ioanna D. Constantiou ◽  
George C. Polyzos
Keyword(s):  
Technological Innovation ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Network Connectivity ◽  
Strategy Formulation ◽  
Communications Networks ◽  
Wired Networks ◽  
Leading Role ◽  
Critical Issues ◽  
Impact Of Technology ◽  
The Impact

Over the last couple of years, we have been witnessing the process of convergence between wireless and wired networks, under intense technological innovation and rapid market evolution. Mobile operators are trying to maintain a leading role in the market as it evolves towards integration with the Internet. However, the development of a multitude of new services will require the growth of a whole new market for network connectivity, applications and content. In order to understand the business opportunities arising and the ensuing competitive dynamics, this chapter explores the evolution of key players’ business relationships and strategies along with a range of critical issues that will be faced by companies and regulators alike.

scholarly journals A Systematic Review of Usability Challenges and Testing in Mobile Health

2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (2) ◽  
pp. 1 ◽  
Author(s):  
Tareq Ali Al-Saadi ◽  
Tamer Mohammed Aljarrah ◽  
Anahed Mudheher Alhashemi ◽  
Azham Hussain
Keyword(s):  
Systematic Review ◽  
Health Care ◽  
Mobile Health ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Digital Libraries ◽  
Health Care Professionals ◽  
Usability Testing ◽  
Smart Phones ◽  
Portable Devices ◽  
The Impact

Nowadays, the combining of advanced mobile communications and mobile account now in portable devices named "smart phones" has becomes more great uses. Among of these include health care professionals. Few studies in the challenge, blurred reality challenge facing the patient and developer alike in the usability of mobile health. Therefore, this paper aims to analyze the usability challenges in mobile health and usability testing. The systematic review was using for collecting the prior studies that relation with our study. This study concentrates on the three digital libraries Google scholar, ACM and IEEE, as well as, the researcher selected the studies between 2007 and 2015. The results from this systematic were selected 11 studies of 106 based on the inclusions criteria. In more details, the usability challenges found that 27% offered User Interface, 22% tasks and screen size, 16% insert media and 13% network. On the other hand, usability use found that, 46% of the selected studies the usability use of formal type of 45% informal and 9% mixed formal and informal. Sum up, the use of smart phones is getting more on health care and day out. Medical applications make smart phones useful tools in the practice of evidence-based medicine at the point of care, in addition to its use in mobile clinical communications. This study will making a contribution to the researchers to extract over the impact of the challenges on usability testing and the types of usability in mobile health.

scholarly journals Product bundling and advertising strategy for a duopoly supply chain: a power-balance perspective

2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sarat Kumar Jena ◽  
Abhijeet Ghadge
Keyword(s):  
Supply Chain ◽  
Price Competition ◽  
Market Size ◽  
Power Balance ◽  
Supply Chain Network ◽  
Product Bundling ◽  
Advertising Strategy ◽  
Advertising Effort ◽  
Total Profit ◽  
The Impact

AbstractThe paper studies product bundling in a duopoly supply chain network under the influence of different power-balance structures, bundling decisions and advertising efforts on total supply chain profit. Mathematical models comprising two manufacturers and a single retailer are developed to capture the impact of bundling policy and advertisement strategy under three power-balance structures, namely Manufacturer Stackelberg, Retailer Stackelberg and Vertical Nash. Following game theory models and numerical examples, the study found that the total profit of the supply chain is undifferentiated under the manufacturer Stackelberg and Vertical Nash case in the manufacturer bundling and retailer bundling strategies. However, total supply chain profit under manufacturer bundling strongly dominates under retailer bundling in Retailer Stackelberg and Vertical Nash, and remains valid under multiple settings of market size, price elasticity and advertising elasticity. It is also found that manufacturer bundling is significantly affected by advertising effort compared to retailer bundling. The study contributes to the literature interfacing supply chain and marketing by studying bundling policy and advertising strategy simultaneously for homogenous products, under various power-balance structures and price competition.

scholarly journals On the Capability of QoE Improvement Based on the Adjustment of RLC Parameters

Sensors ◽  
2020 ◽  
Vol 20 (9) ◽  
pp. 2474
Author(s):  
Jessica Mendoza ◽  
Isabel de-la-Bandera ◽  
David Palacios ◽  
Ana Herrera-García ◽  
Raquel Barco
Keyword(s):  
Mobile Networks ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Optimization Techniques ◽  
Buffer Size ◽  
Radio Link ◽  
File Transfer ◽  
New Techniques ◽  
Available Bandwidth ◽  
Cellular Environment ◽  
The Impact

The constant evolution in mobile communications networks have led operators to seek new techniques to optimize their mobile networks with the objective of satisfying the expectations of the users. In this way, traditional optimization techniques based on improving radio indicators, have given way to new techniques based on improving the quality of experience (QoE) perceived by users. This paper is focused on analyzing the impact of the adjustment of radio link control (RLC) layer configuration parameters on the QoE perceived by the users of two different types of services. Firstly, an evaluation of the QoE experienced by the user of a real-time video streaming service with respect to the transmission buffer size of the RLC layer in unacknowledged mode (UM) has been carried out. Secondly, the QoE perceived by the user of a file transfer service in relation to the variation of the configuration parameters of the RLC layer in acknowledged mode (AM) has been evaluated. The study, which has been carried out in a simulated cellular environment, has been performed for different system bandwidth values, thus proving the relationship between the QoE perceived by the users, the optimal RLC configuration parameters values and the available bandwidth.

The Impact of Mobility on Social and Political Movement

2013 ◽  
pp. 138-167
Author(s):  
Nabil Harfoush
Keyword(s):  
Free Speech ◽  
Mobile Communications ◽  
Radical Change ◽  
Future Research ◽  
Political Movements ◽  
Political Movement ◽  
Large Numbers ◽  
Media Channels ◽  
The Cost ◽  
The Impact

The strength of social and political movements is often correlated with the cost and risks of organizing the effort. Reaching large numbers of people to inform them of a movement’s goals, and the ability to recruit supporters, has historically relied on mass media, both printed and electronic, along with traditional canvassing, public assembly, and public speaking. This has naturally favoured economic and political elites who had easier access to media channels, and who controlled in many cases the rights to public assembly and free speech. The emergence of affordable communications in general and mobile communications in particular, is bringing radical change to this balance of power. This chapter explores some of these changes and suggests directions for future research in this area.

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