The dynamic Internet : how technology, users, and businesses are changing the network / Christopher S. Yoo.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Yoo, Christopher S.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet industry.

Business networks.

Internet industry--Prices.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (185 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : AEI Press, c2012.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Changing the Network offers a comprehensive history of the Internet and efforts to regulate its use. University of Pennsylvania law professor Christopher S. Yoo contends that rather than engaging in prescriptive regulatory oversight, the government should promote competition in other ways, such as reducing costs for consumers, lowering entry barriers for new producers, and increasing transparency. These reforms would benefit consumers while permitting the industry to develop new solutions for emerging problems. It is fruitless for

Contents:

Full Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgments; List of Acronyms; Introduction; PART I; Chapter 1 Increases in Number and Diversity of Internet Users; Chapter 2 Changes in Nature of Internet Usage; Chapter 3 Diversification of Transmission Technologies; Chapter 4 Upsurge in Complexity of Business Relationships; PART II; Chapter 5 Changes in Optimal Level of Standardization; Chapter 6 Inevitable Decline of Infomral Governance; Chapter 7 Migration of Functions into Core of Network; Chapter 8 Growing Complexity of Internet Pricing; Chapter 9 Inevitability of Intermediation

Chapter 10 Incomplete Convergence and Myth of One ScreenChapter 11 Maturation of the Industry; Conclusion; References; Index; About the Author; Boilerplate

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record and CIP data provided by publisher; resource not viewed.

ISBN:

9781283639361

128363936X

9780844772295

0844772291

OCLC:

812570419