Free-Access Policy for Internal Networks

This paper evaluates the free-access policy as a control mechanism for internal networks. We derive the optimal message pricing scheme, compare it to the free-access policy, and study the associated net-value loss. We derive uniform upper bounds on this value loss, and apply our results to the polar implementations of ethernet and token ring networks. The results show that the free-access policy is often attractive.

• 저널Information Systems Research · 5(1) · 1–22
• 토픽Digital Platforms and Economics · Strategy and Management
• DOI10.1287/isre.5.1.1
• 저자P. S. Giridharan, Haim Mendelson