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Product Identifiers
PublisherMIT Press
ISBN-100262024748
ISBN-139780262024747
eBay Product ID (ePID)1637591
Product Key Features
Number of Pages372 Pages
LanguageEnglish
Publication NameUnderstanding the Digital Economy : Data, Tools, and Research
SubjectInternet / General, Economics / General, Management, E-Commerce / General (See Also Computers / Electronic Commerce)
Publication Year2000
TypeTextbook
Subject AreaComputers, Business & Economics
AuthorBrian Kahin
FormatHardcover
Dimensions
Item Height1 in
Item Weight24.6 Oz
Item Length9 in
Item Width6.4 in
Additional Product Features
Intended AudienceScholarly & Professional
LCCN00-033947
Reviews"This comprehensive and penetrating collection frames and answers many of the most important questions of economics raised by cyberspace and its regulation. This book is a critical resource to anyone wanting to understand the economics of online behavior and online life." --Lawrence Lessig, Jack N. and Lillian R. Berkman Professor for Entrepreneurial Legal Studies, Harvard Law School
Grade FromCollege Graduate Student
IllustratedYes
SynopsisThe rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and research that could be undertaken by public and private organizations., Examines the digital economy in terms of macroeconomic assessment, organizational change, small business, access, market structure and competition, and employment and the workforce.