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.
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.”