Sustainability of Service Intermediary Platform Ecosystems: Analysis and Simulation of Japanese Hotel Booking Platform-Based Markets

To achieve both a large number of platform users and the sustainability of service intermediation platform ecosystems, this study attempts to clarify appropriate platform fee settings and promising market types. It focuses on hotel-booking platforms and platform-based markets. We conduct agent-based...

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Main Authors: Yuki Inoue, Takeshi Takenaka, Koichi Kurumatani
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: MDPI AG 2019-08-01
Series:Sustainability
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Online Access:https://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/11/17/4563