platform strategy · Cohort + async

Competition and Pricing in Digital Markets

Build intuition for exclusionary pricing stories versus plain fierce competition. Includes simple game-theory visuals and discussion of algorithmic coordination without sensationalism.

Course cover: Competition and Pricing in Digital Markets

What is included

  • Game trees for common pricing stories
  • Case snippets from digital sectors
  • Role-play: economist vs lawyer perspective
  • Worksheets on safe harbors vs theories of harm
  • Reading on RPM in online resale
  • Office hours on your sector question
  • Short brief: recommend investigation or not

Outcomes

  • Frame a pricing practice in economic language
  • Contrast two theories of harm for the same fact pattern
  • List what additional data would be needed to proceed

FAQ

Math level?

Introductory game theory; intuition first.

Case law depth?

Economics-first; legal citations are indicative, not comprehensive.

Not included?

Expert reports for live matters — out of scope.

Participant notes

“Role-play clarified why our lawyer asked for that extra demand elasticity chart.”

Fatima Z. , Telco · survey