Handbook on the economics of the internet / edited by Johannes Bauer, Michael Latzer.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Bauer, Johannes, editor.

Latzer, Michael, editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Internet--Economic aspects.

Internet.

Information technology--Economic aspects.

Information technology.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (602 p.)

Place of Publication:

Cheltenham, England ; Northampton, Massachusetts : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2016.

Summary:

As the single most important general purpose technology of recent times, the Internet is transforming the organization, competitive structure and business models of the private, the public and non-profit sectors. In 27 original chapters, leading authors discuss theoretical and applied frameworks for the study of the economics of the Internet and its unique economics as a global information and communications infrastructure. They also examine the effects of the Internet on economic transactions (including social production, advertising, innovation, and intellectual property rights), the economi

Contents:

Preface

Introduction: The economics of the internet: an overview / Johannes M. Bauer and Michael Latzer

Part II Theoretical foundations

1. The industrial organization of the internet / Günter Knieps and Johannes M. Bauer

2. The internet as a complex layered system / Stephen J. Schultze and Richard S. Whitt

3. A network science approach to the internet / Volker Schneider and Johannes M. Bauer

4. Peer production and cooperation / Yochai Benkler

5. The internet and productivity / Carol Corrado and Bart Van Ark

6. Cultural economics and the internet / Christian Handke, Paul Stepan and Ruth Towse

7. A political economy approach to the internet / Patricia Mazepa and Vincent Mosco

Part II Institutional arrangements and internet architecture

8. Competition and antitrust in internet markets / Justus Haucap and Torben Stühmeier

9. The economics of internet standards / Stanley M. Besen and George Sadowsky

10. The economics of copyright and the internet / Sacha Wunsch-Vincent

11. The economics of privacy, data protection and surveillance / Ian Brown

12. Economics of cybersecurity / Michel Van Eeten, Hadi Asghari and Johannes M. Bauer

13. Internet architecture and innovation in applications / Barbara Van Schewick

14. Organizational innovations, ICTs and knowledge governance: the case of platforms / Cristiano Antonelli and Pier Paolo Patrucco

15. Interconnection in the internet: peering, interoperability and content delivery / David D. Clark, William H. Lehr and Steven Bauer

Part III Economics and management of applications and services

16. Internet business strategies / Johann J. Kranz and Arnold Picot

17. The economics of internet search / Hal R. Varian

18. The economics of algorithmic selection on the internet / Michael Latzer, Katharina Hollnbuchner, Natascha Just and Florian Saurwein

19. Online advertising economics / Wenjuan Ma and Steven S. Wildman

20. Online news / Lucy Küng, Nic Newman and Robert Picard

21. The economics of online video entertainment / Ryland Sherman and David Waterman

22. Business strategies and revenue models for converged video services / Yu-Li Liu

23. The economics of virtual worlds / Isaac Knowles and Edward Castronova

24. Economics of big data / Claudio Feijóo, José-Luis Gómez-Barroso and Shivom Aggarwal

Part IV Trajectories

25. The evolution of the internet: a socioeconomic account / D. Linda Garcia

26. From the internet of science to the internet of entertainment / Eli M. Noam.

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references at the end of each chapters and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-85793-985-8