The Economic payoff from the Internet revolution / Robert E. Litan and Alice M. Rivlin, editors

Published:: Washington, D.C. : Brookings Institution Press, [2001]
Copyright Date:: ©2001
Physical Description:: viii, 292 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Additional Creators:: Litan, Robert E., 1950-, Rivlin, Alice M., Internet Policy Institute, and Brookings Task Force on the Internet

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Contents:

The economy and the internet : what lies ahead? / Robert E. Litan and Alice M. Rivlin -- Manufacturing : lowering boundaries, improving productivity / Andrew McAfee -- Automotive industry : innovation and economic performance / Charles H. Fine and Daniel M. G. Raff -- Financial services : transparency, differential pricing, and disintermediation / Eric K. Clemons and Lorin M. Hitt -- Trucking industry : challenges to keep pace / Anuradha Nagarajan, Enrique Canessa, Will Mitchell, C. C. White III -- Retail : continuing the internet success / Joseph P. Bailey. and Health care : competition and productivity / Patricia M. Danzon and Michael Furukawa -- The economic impact of the internet on the government sector / Jane Fountain, with Carlos A. Osorio-Urzua -- Higher education : promises for future delivery -- Austan Goolsbee.

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ISBN:

0815700652 (pbk. : alk. paper)

Note:

"Internet Policy Institute."
At head of title: Brookings Task Force on the Internet.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

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