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1 online resource (pages) |
| Contents |
Acknowledgements -- List of illustrations -- List of acronyms -- Introduction -- Changes in the technological and economic environment -- Increases in the number and diversity of internet users -- Changes in the nature of internet usage -- The diversification of transmission technologies and end-user devices -- The upsurge in the complexity in business relationships -- Policy implications -- Changes in the optimal level of standardization -- The inevitable decline of informal governance -- The migration of functions into the core of the network -- The growing complexity of internet pricing -- The inevitability of intermediation -- Incomplete convergence and the myth of the one screen -- The maturation of the industry -- Conclusion -- References -- Index -- About the author -- List of illustrations |
| Summary |
The Dynamic Internet: How Technology, Users, and Businesses are Changing the Network offers a comprehensive history of the Internet and efforts to regulate its use. University of Pennsylvania law professor Christopher S. Yoo contends that rather than engaging in prescriptive regulatory oversight, the government should promote competition in other ways, such as reducing costs for consumers, lowering entry barriers for new producers, and increasing transparency. These reforms would benefit consumers while permitting the industry to develop new solutions for emerging problems. It is fruitless for |
| Subject |
Business networks.
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Internet industry -- Prices
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COMPUTERS -- Computerized Home & Entertainment.
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Business networks
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| ISBN |
9780844772295 |
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0844772291 |
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