Managing a Business Strategically: Indirect (or cross-side) network externalities: increasing the number of users on one side of the network makes it more or less valuable to users on the other side

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Indirect (or cross-side) network externalities: increasing the number of users on one side of the network makes it more or less valuable to users on the other side

Pim Bodzinga · Accepted Answer

-	Mostly positive for complementors: potential consumer base
-	Positive, but can be negative for end-users: clutter, noise, devaluation

Managing a Business Strategically

Indirect (or cross-side) network externalities: increasing the number of users on one side of the network makes it more or less valuable to users on the other side

- Mostly positive for complementors: potential consumer base - Positive, but can be negative for end-users: clutter, noise, devaluation

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