| Description |
1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) |
| Physical Medium |
polychrome |
| Description |
text file |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references and index. |
| Summary |
This book introduces upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers to the latest developments in network economics, one of the fastest-growing fields in all industrial organization. Network industries include the Internet, e-mail, telephony, computer hardware and software, music and video players, and service operations in the banking, legal, and airlines industries among many others. The work offers an overview of the subject matter as well as investigations about specific industries. It conveys the essential features of how strategic interactions between firms are affected by network activity, as well as covering social interaction and its influence on consumers' choices of products and services. Virtually no calculus is used in the text, and each chapter ends with a series of exercises and selected references. The text may be used for both one- and two-semester courses. |
| Local Note |
eBooks on EBSCOhost EBSCO eBook Subscription Academic Collection - North America |
| Subject |
Computer industry.
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Computer industry. |
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Computer networks.
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Computer networks. |
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Electronic data interchange.
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Electronic data interchange. |
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Electronic commerce.
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Electronic commerce. |
| Genre/Form |
Electronic books.
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| Other Form: |
Print version: Shy, Oz. Economics of network industries. Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001 (DLC) 00063044 |
| ISBN |
0511032242 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780511032240 (electronic book ; Adobe Reader) |
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9780521800952 (hardback) |
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0521800951 (hardback) |
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9780521805001 (paperback) |
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0521805007 (paperback) |
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0511119291 (electronic book) |
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9780511119293 (electronic book) |
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0511041381 (electronic book) |
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9780511041389 (electronic book) |
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9780511754401 (electronic book) |
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051175440X (electronic book) |
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1280159359 |
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9781280159350 |
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0521800951 (hardback) |
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0521805007 (paperback) |
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