Title
Private markets for public goods: Pricing strategies of online database vendors
Abbreviated Journal Title
J. Manage. Inform. Syst.
Keywords
information economics; information pricing; Internet information; markets; online databases; public goods; INTERVIEW; Computer Science, Information Systems; Information Science & Library; Science; Management
Abstract
The online database industry has annual sales of US$6.5 billion for a product that can be easily appropriated, duplicated, reused, and redistributed. This paper examines how the industry developed dynamic pricing and delivery strategies as a response to technological and market changes, and shows how each strategy specifically compensated for the public good properties of information. Readers will see that specific pricing strategies reduce the incentive to improperly reuse downloaded information. Thus, these strategies can lead to the sustainability and growth of the online database industry. These findings are then extended to the broader context of information delivery via the Internet.
Journal Title
Journal of Management Information Systems
Volume
17
Issue/Number
1
Publication Date
1-1-2000
Document Type
Article
Language
English
First Page
59
Last Page
85
WOS Identifier
ISSN
0742-1222
Recommended Citation
"Private markets for public goods: Pricing strategies of online database vendors" (2000). Faculty Bibliography 2000s. 2862.
https://stars.library.ucf.edu/facultybib2000/2862