mobile app purchase (Kim Heewoong., 2011).
Also, as the factors associated with organism, we try to consider cognitive aspects about the nature of apps and social impact (acceptance of negative reviews). However, there could the difference between acceptance and resistance to cognitive aspects depending on the personal characteristics of the app, so we research model considering factors related
▶ Mobile OS market : Two-sided market!
▷ Two-sided market?
the market in which one or multiple platforms enable two user groups to interact
▷ Network effect?
the number of users on both sides of the platform is dependent upon that of each other’s
▶ Network effect
- Mobile phone makers choose mobile OSs preferred by customers
and customers tend to choose mobile OS
mobile OS market because the mobile OS market, which is in a form of two-side market, is a platform between the hardware makers and the consumers. Two-sided market is market in which one or multiple platforms enable two user groups to interact. Network effect is an important concept in understanding two-sided market; the number of users on both sides of the platform is dependent upon that of each
of consumer group is Profits of consumer group.
For producer, large consumer group is attractive.
For purchaser, they can use more databases and better products.
Mutual supplementary effects
of two products changes scale of each consumer group of product.
For example, App and Smart-phone are mutual supplementary. If Smart-phone market grows, App market also would grow.
App store, where the users could download useful applications for free. This also contributed to the iPhone’s success, creating a synergy effect.
Apple’s next product was the iPhone that started the smart phone boom. Apple simply turned iPod touch into a phone, but the app store made iPhone stand out. Although several competitors are entering, iPhone remains as the most promising smart pho