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The economics of network industries / Oz Shy

Author
Shy, Oz.
Published
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2001.
Physical Description
1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages)
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Contents
1. Introduction to Network Economics -- 2. The Hardware Industry -- 3. The Software Industry -- 4. Technology Advance and Standardization -- 5. Telecommunication -- 6. Broadcasting -- 7. Markets for Information -- 8. Banks and Money -- 9. The Airline Industry -- 10. Social Interaction -- 11. Other Networks -- App. A. Normal-Form Games -- App. B. Extensive-Form Games -- App. C. Undercut-Proof Equilibria.
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.
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0511032242 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780511032240 (electronic bk. ; Adobe Reader)
9780521800952 (hardback)
0521800951 (hardback)
9780521805001 (pbk.)
0521805007 (pbk.)
0511119291 (electronic bk.)
9780511119293 (electronic bk.)
0511041381 (electronic bk.)
9780511041389 (electronic bk.)
9780511754401 (electronic bk.)
051175440X (electronic bk.)
1280159359
9781280159350
9786610159352
6610159351
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Includes bibliographical references and index.
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