Optimal strategic pricing of reproducible consumer products
Management Science
Software piracy: an analysis of protection strategies
Management Science
Bargaining theory with applications
Bargaining theory with applications
Software pricing and copyright enforcement: private profit vis-a-vis social welfare
ICIS '99 Proceedings of the 20th international conference on Information Systems
Alternate distribution strategies for digital music
Communications of the ACM - Why CS students need math
Pay now or pay later?: managing digital product supply chains
ICEC '03 Proceedings of the 5th international conference on Electronic commerce
Information Goods Pricing and Copyright Enforcement: Welfare Analysis
Information Systems Research
Managing Digital Piracy: Pricing and Protection
Information Systems Research
Preventive and deterrent controls for software piracy
Journal of Management Information Systems
Information Systems Research
International Journal of Electronic Commerce
Consumer Search and Retailer Strategies in the Presence of Online Music Sharing
Journal of Management Information Systems
Journal of Management Information Systems
Software Piracy in the Workplace: A Model and Empirical Test
Journal of Management Information Systems
Application of complex adaptive systems to pricing of reproducible information goods
Decision Support Systems
Optimal Pricing of Digital Experience Goods Under Piracy
Journal of Management Information Systems
Structural Properties of Buyback Contracts for Price-Setting Newsvendors
Manufacturing & Service Operations Management
To theme or not to theme: Can theme strength be the music industry's "killer app"?
Decision Support Systems
Analysis of emerging technology adoption for the digital content market
Information Technology and Management
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We explore the impact of piracy on digital music supply chain profitability under different contract arrangements. Consumers' piracy risk cost is divided into two cases: 1) linear piracy cost and 2) fixed piracy cost. We also analyze two contract types: 1) fixed fee contract and 2) per song contract. Our findings indicate that the magnitude of profit loss depends on the type of consumers' piracy risk cost and the type of contract. In addition, changes in consumers' piracy risk cost change the distribution of the profit between the record label and the retailer. As the investment in piracy controls increases, the retailer keeps a larger share of the profit surplus leaving the record label with a smaller share. We demonstrate that a fixed fee full transfer contract will always coordinate the supply chain, and the profitability further increases as 1) market size increases, 2) piracy risk cost increases, and 3) marginal cost decreases.