When Bob Metcalfe was selling Ethernet to the world as a new networking technology in the 1980s at 3Com Corp., he had a clever sales pitch: You'll get more value out of the product the more of it you ...

Network effects occur when the value of a product or service increases as more users join the network, thereby profoundly influencing competitive dynamics in various industries. In network industries, ...

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