Many digital platforms have employed free-content promotion strategies to deal with the high uncertainty levels regarding digital content products.However,the diversity of digital content products and user heterogenei...Many digital platforms have employed free-content promotion strategies to deal with the high uncertainty levels regarding digital content products.However,the diversity of digital content products and user heterogeneity in content preference may blur the impact of platform promotions across users and products.Therefore,free-content promotion strategies should be adapted to allocate marketing resources optimally and increase revenue.This study develops personal-ized free-content promotion strategies based on individual-level heterogeneous treatment effects and explores the causes of their heterogeneity,focusing on the moderating effect of user engagement-related variables.To this end,we utilize ran-dom field experimental data provided by a top Chinese e-book platform.We employ a framework that combines machine learning with econometric causal inference methods to estimate individual treatment effects and analyze their potential mechanisms.The analysis shows that,on average,free-content promotions lead to a significant increase in consumer pay-ments.However,the higher the level of user engagement,the lower the payment lift caused by promotions,as more-engaged users are more strongly affected by the cannibalization effect of free-content promotion.This study introduces a novel causal research design to help platforms improve their marketing strategies.展开更多
据国防新闻网站报道,德国莱茵金属公司和德国国防军成功试验了安装在德国远海战舰上的高能激光效果器。试验将10 k W高能激光效果器安装在战舰的MLG27轻型海军炮上,包括跟踪潜在的目标,如无人机(UAVs)、很小的水面运输工具。这些作战是...据国防新闻网站报道,德国莱茵金属公司和德国国防军成功试验了安装在德国远海战舰上的高能激光效果器。试验将10 k W高能激光效果器安装在战舰的MLG27轻型海军炮上,包括跟踪潜在的目标,如无人机(UAVs)、很小的水面运输工具。这些作战是被动的,激光不在海上发射,高能激光效果器分别对地面移动目标进行了试验。通过验证集成莱茵金属公司高能激光效果器在MLG27海上作战中的可行性,可为未来研制海上HEL系统提供重要的依据。展开更多
基金supported by the Anhui Postdoctoral Scientific Research Program Foundation(2022B579).
文摘Many digital platforms have employed free-content promotion strategies to deal with the high uncertainty levels regarding digital content products.However,the diversity of digital content products and user heterogeneity in content preference may blur the impact of platform promotions across users and products.Therefore,free-content promotion strategies should be adapted to allocate marketing resources optimally and increase revenue.This study develops personal-ized free-content promotion strategies based on individual-level heterogeneous treatment effects and explores the causes of their heterogeneity,focusing on the moderating effect of user engagement-related variables.To this end,we utilize ran-dom field experimental data provided by a top Chinese e-book platform.We employ a framework that combines machine learning with econometric causal inference methods to estimate individual treatment effects and analyze their potential mechanisms.The analysis shows that,on average,free-content promotions lead to a significant increase in consumer pay-ments.However,the higher the level of user engagement,the lower the payment lift caused by promotions,as more-engaged users are more strongly affected by the cannibalization effect of free-content promotion.This study introduces a novel causal research design to help platforms improve their marketing strategies.
文摘据国防新闻网站报道,德国莱茵金属公司和德国国防军成功试验了安装在德国远海战舰上的高能激光效果器。试验将10 k W高能激光效果器安装在战舰的MLG27轻型海军炮上,包括跟踪潜在的目标,如无人机(UAVs)、很小的水面运输工具。这些作战是被动的,激光不在海上发射,高能激光效果器分别对地面移动目标进行了试验。通过验证集成莱茵金属公司高能激光效果器在MLG27海上作战中的可行性,可为未来研制海上HEL系统提供重要的依据。
