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Digitale Musik - Eine industrieökonomische Analyse der Musikindustrie
(2006) Raschka, Oliver D.; Schwalbe, Ulrich
This is a book about the competition in the (German) music industry. It examines the issues important to the future of the music business and especially the music industry. An in-depth study of the demand und supply side shows the current problems and issues for the record companies. First, the stability of cooperative behavior in file sharing networks. Second, the construction of optimal pricing schemes in conjunction with the optimal number of different versions of a music song in the presence of unauthorized file sharing. For the solution of these problems, the book contains two new (game) theoretic models. The models provide optimal behavior strategies for consumers and record companies as well. The results will be supported by empirical evidence. The organization of the book is as follows: Chapter 1: Introduction. Chapter 2: Product innovations and market structure in the history of the (global) music industry. Chapter 3: Characteristics and marketability of digital information goods. Chapter 4: Market analysis and competition behavior in the (German) music industry. Chapter 5: A simple game theoretic model of cooperation in peer-to-peer (p2p) file sharing networks. An evolutionary approach. Chapter 6: Pricing schemes, product quality and digital rights management in the presence of illegal copying. Chapter 7: Summary. Literature.