Winners, Losers & Microsoft

Winners, Losers & Microsoft
Author: Stan J. Liebowitz
Publisher: Independent Institute
Total Pages: 467
Release: 2015-11-23
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 1598132717

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Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the current debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Analyzing famous examples of economic “lock-in” by dominant corporations of supposedly inferior products, this book makes the case that free markets in high technology industry deliver better products to consumers, at lower prices, without government intervention. This publication's careful scholarship, well-founded hypotheses, and refutations of previously accepted theories—extending far beyond the Microsoft case—make this publication a vital piece of understanding for the future of technology and economics.

Winners, Losers & Microsoft

Winners, Losers & Microsoft
Author: S. J. Liebowitz
Publisher:
Total Pages: 358
Release: 2001
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN:

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Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the raging debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Why do certain products and technologies become dominant while others fail? Is there something about high technology that makes markets less dependable at choosing goods and services? Will the robust competition and technological advances of the past two decades continue? Or, will they be suffocated by larger firms employing monopolistic practices? Is antitrust primarily employed against monopolies to increase competition for the benefit of consumers, or is it actually a vehicle that firms use against their rivals to restrict the competitive process? This book examines these and other questions confronting high-technology markets.

Culture Wars

Culture Wars
Author: Roger Chapman
Publisher: M.E. Sharpe
Total Pages: 768
Release: 2010
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0765622505

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A collection of letters from a cross-section of Japanese citizens to a leading Japanese newspaper, relating their experiences and thoughts of the Pacific War.

Digital Wars

Digital Wars
Author: Charles Arthur
Publisher: Kogan Page Publishers
Total Pages: 344
Release: 2014-05-03
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0749472049

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The first time that Apple, Google and Microsoft found themselves sharing the same digital space was 1998. They were radically different companies and they would subsequently fight a series of pitched battles for control of different parts of the digital landscape. They could not know of the battles to come. But they would be world-changing. This new edition of Digital Wars looks at each of these battles in turn. Accessible and comprehensive, it analyses the very different cultures of the three companies and assesses exactly who are the victors on each front. Thoroughly updated to include information on the latest developments and rising competitors Samsung, it also include a completely new chapter on how China moved from being the assembly plant for music players and smartphones, to becoming the world's biggest smartphone business.

The Microsoft Case

The Microsoft Case
Author: William H. Page
Publisher: University of Chicago Press
Total Pages: 363
Release: 2009-10-15
Genre: Law
ISBN: 0226644650

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In 1998, the United States Department of Justice and state antitrust agencies charged that Microsoft was monopolizing the market for personal computer operating systems. More than ten years later, the case is still the defining antitrust litigation of our era. William H. Page and John E. Lopatka’s The Microsoft Case contributes to the debate over the future of antitrust policy by examining the implications of the litigation from the perspective of consumer welfare. The authors trace the development of the case from its conceptual origins through the trial and the key decisions on both liability and remedies. They argue that, at critical points, the legal system failed consumers by overrating government’s ability to influence outcomes in a dynamic market. This ambitious book is essential reading for business, law, and economics scholars as well as anyone else interested in the ways that technology, economics, and antitrust law have interacted in the digital age. “This book will become the gold standard for analysis of the monopolization cases against Microsoft. . . . No serious student of law or economic policy should go without reading it.”—Thomas C. Arthur, Emory University

FCC Record

FCC Record
Author: United States. Federal Communications Commission
Publisher:
Total Pages: 1546
Release: 2001
Genre: Telecommunication
ISBN:

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The Digital Hand

The Digital Hand
Author: James W. Cortada
Publisher: Oxford University Press, USA
Total Pages: 513
Release: 2004
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0195165888

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This text provides a historical perspective on how some of the most important American industries used computing over the past half century, describing their experience, their best practices, and the role of industries and technologies in changing the nature of American work.

Innovation Policy and the Economy

Innovation Policy and the Economy
Author: Adam B. Jaffe
Publisher: MIT Press
Total Pages: 206
Release: 2002
Genre: Diffusion of innovations
ISBN: 9780262600453

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Essays on the interactions among public policy, innovation, and the economy.

The Economics of QWERTY

The Economics of QWERTY
Author: S. J. Liebowitz
Publisher: NYU Press
Total Pages: 286
Release: 2002-02
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 9780814751787

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The top left hand side of the keyboard reads "Q-W-E-R-T-Y." Is this inefficient layout an inefficient early development to which we are now forever committed? The "economics of QWERTY" describes cases in which it has been claimed that technologies which have become accepted are not as good as rival technologies. Perhaps they have been "locked in" at an early stage, preventing newer, better possibilities from taking hold. Distinguished economists Stan Liebowitz and Steven Margolis have critically examined the various aspects of the economics of QWERTY and its implications, calling into question the historical accuracy of the standard account of QWERTY and similar cases such as those of Beta/VHS and Macintosh/Windows. They contend that no plausible case of inferior standards being locked in has ever been documented, though much antitrust activity and legislative policy has been based on the belief in the occurrence of such cases. The Economics of Qwerty brings together into one volume Liebowitz and Margolis's essential contributions, remarkable for their eloquence and relevance, to consider these issues, which are of real and enduring importance for the functioning of the market economy. Together they constitute a complete account of the critique of the economics of QWERTY.

The Internet Weather

The Internet Weather
Author: James W. Moore
Publisher: John Wiley & Sons
Total Pages: 258
Release: 2002-08-14
Genre: Business & Economics
ISBN: 0471269344

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A provocative and compelling way to look at the future world of work What will work be like in the future? Futurists often try to answer this question by looking at how the Internet and technology have changed our lives, but in The Internet Weather, James Moore asserts it's far more useful-and even essential-to view the future by examining those things that don't change: the human desire for time, privacy, trust, and truth. Understanding this, Moore says, can help managers change the way they manage, and, in doing so, retain employees and improve their businesses. In this riveting book, Moore shares insights gleaned from his consulting career and imparts advice he has given clients to help them change their behavior and improve business and personal performance. He also questions assumptions about the New Economy and offers predictions about the future of work to help managers see where to focus their energy and attention.