The Internet has rapidly become an important element of the economic system. The lack of accepted metrics for economic analysis of Internet transactions is therefore increasingly problematic. This book, one of the first to bring together research on Internet engineering and economics, attempts to establish such metrics.The chapters, which developed out of a 1995 workshop held at MIT, include architectural models and analyses of Internet usage, as well as alternative pricing policies. The book is organized into six sections: 1) Introduction to Internet Economics, 2) The Economics of the Internet, 3) Interconnection and Multicast Economics, 4) Usage Sensitive Pricing, 5) Internet Commerce, and 6) Internet Economics and Policy.Contributors : Loretta Anania, Joseph P. Bailey, Nevil Brownlee, David Carver, David Clark, David W. Crawford, Ketil Danielsen, Deborah Estrin, Branko Gerovac, David Gingold, Jiong Gong, Alok Gupta, Shai Herzog, Clark Johnson, Martyne M. Hallgren, Frank P. Kelly, Charlie Lai, Alan K. McAdams, Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason, Lee W. McKnight, Gennady Medvinsky, Liam Murphy, John Murphy, B. Clifford Neuman, Jon M. Peha, Joseph Reagle, Mitrabarun Sarkar, Scott Shenker, Marvin A. Sirbu, Richard Jay Solomon, Padmanabhan Srinagesh, Dale O. Stahl, Hal R. Varian, Qiong Wang, Martin Weiss, Andrew B. Whinston.
| ||||||||||||||||||
Book Description
Editorial Reviews
Review
"The Internet raises new questions about the economics of networks andforces us to re-examine old questions in a new light. As such, the papersassembled here constitute some of the seminal contributions to a neweconomic sub-field, by the scholars who were among the first to notice andinvestigate these new questions. This book also explores issues which arecentral to the current policy debate surrounding the current re-write ofthis country's communications laws. The material presented is extremelyrelevant to a broad audience, including in particular policy-makers, aswell as the many business audiences which have a stake in the evolution ofcommunication networks. This work is an extremely significantcontribution." Francois Bar, Assistant Professor of Communication, Stanford University
About the Author
Product Details
Would you like to update product info or give feedback on images?
|
Customer Reviews
|
Share your thoughts with other customers:
|
||||||||||||||||||||||
|
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
16 of 17 people found the following review helpful:
4.0 out of 5 stars
Excellent Coverage of the key issues in Internet Economics,
By A Customer
This review is from: Internet Economics (Hardcover)
This book is a collection of articles based on a conference at MIT in 1995. Although many of the articles in this book are available over the web, this publication can save many, many hours of searching and download time.Content wise, much of the book focuses on issues relating to pricing schemes for the internet. Although the data used in these articles will date quickly (and indeed already has) the theoretical pricing models explored are likely to be of increasing interest. There is also some coverage of electronic commerce, but this book is probably going to be of most interest to those interested in the 'economic' analysis of the internet. An informative and handy book which fills a void when it comes to print publications in this field.
Share your thoughts with other customers: Create your own review
|
|
Internet economics is the study of the market for Internet services. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
New Zealand, United States, New York, Joseph Bailey, National Science Foundation, World Wide Web, Sharing Multicast Costs, Asynchronous Transfer Mode, Internet Service Providers, Clifford Neuman, Flat-The Minimalist Price, Internet Payment Services, San Diego, Advanced Research Projects Agency, Englewood Cliffs, Telecommunications Policy, University Model, University of Michigan, Cornell University, File Transfer Protocol, The Economics of Layered Networks, Committed Information Rate, Hal Varian, National Academy Press, Scott Shenker New!
Concordance | Text Stats Browse Sample Pages:
Front Cover | Table of Contents | First Pages | Index | Back Cover | Surprise Me!
- Public Access to the Internet by Brian Kahin on page 61, and page 376
- Management Science by Laurence Moore on page 202, and page 376
- Information Systems Management (Business Strategy Series) on page 351
- The Waiting Time by Eugenia Price on page 337
- International Business by Les Dlabay in Back Matter
See all 13 books this book cites
- Mobility and Traffic in the 21st Century by Franz Mayinger on 5 pages
- Charging Communication Networks: From Theory to Practice by D.J. Songhurst on 5 pages
- Creative Destruction: Business Survival Strategies in the Global Internet Economy by Raul L. Katz in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Coordinating the Internet by Brian Kahin on page 323, page 324, and page 403
- The Internet Upheaval: Raising Questions, Seeking Answers in Communications Policy (Telecommunications Policy Research Conference) by Benjamin M. Compaine on page 45, and page 193
See all 67 books citing this book
Tag this product(What's this?)Think of a tag as a keyword or label you consider is strongly related to this product.
Tags will help all customers organize and find favorite items. |
Sell a Digital Version of This Book in the Kindle Store
Listmania!
|
|
