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Informationen zum Autor PETER LEWIN is a Senior Lecturer in Economics! Finance and Management in the School of Management! University of Texas! Dallas. He has published academic articles on the economics of discrimination! monetary policy! capital theory! business organization and pollution. STAN J. LIEBOWITZ is Professor of Economics in the School of Management at the University of Texas! Dallas. Dr. Liebowitz has written on the topics of copyright! broadcasting regulation! pricing practices! and mortgage discrimination! for American Economic Review! Economic Inquiry. STEVEN E. MARGOLIS is Professor of Economics at North Carolina State University. His research includes work on housing markets! pricing of medical services! monopolistic competition! and economic efficiency. Klappentext For those who believe that the standard typewriter keyboard! according to the QWERTY pattern! is an inefficient! unfortunate 'accident of history'; and that Microsoft is responsible for inflicting the same type of 'accident' upon us! this book is the perfect antidote. Zusammenfassung For those who believe that the standard typewriter keyboard! according to the QWERTY pattern! is an inefficient! unfortunate 'accident of history'; and that Microsoft is responsible for inflicting the same type of 'accident' upon us! this book is the perfect antidote. Inhaltsverzeichnis Preface Introduction The Fable of the Keys Network Externality: An Uncommon Tragedy Are Network Externalities a New Source of Market Failure? Path Dependence! Lock-in! and History Should Technology Choice be a Concern for Antitrust? Path Dependence Network Externalities (Effects) Dismal Science Fictions: Network Effects! Microsoft! and Antitrust Speculation Network Effects and the Microsoft Case Index
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Preface Introduction The Fable of the Keys Network Externality: An Uncommon Tragedy Are Network Externalities a New Source of Market Failure? Path Dependence, Lock-in, and History Should Technology Choice be a Concern for Antitrust? Path Dependence Network Externalities (Effects) Dismal Science Fictions: Network Effects, Microsoft, and Antitrust Speculation Network Effects and the Microsoft Case Index
