Underwriting the Internet - How Technical Advances, Financial Engineering, Entrepreneurial

Informationen zum Autor Leslie S. Hiraoka Klappentext He covers the anti-trust case against Microsoft; the successes of eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google; road-kills along the information highway such as the forgotten eToys; as well as the Enron implosion and other corporate scandals. After tracing this amazing story he concludes that the illegal practices and the ensuing USD7 trillion loss in equity markets slowed the Internet revolution but could not snuff it out, and with worldwide economic recovery e-business surges onward. Zusammenfassung This comprehensive treatment of the technical advances, financial engineering, and entrepreneurial genius behind the Internet revolution includes actual corporate case studies, stock market analyses, and synopses of regulatory investigations. Inhaltsverzeichnis Underwriting the Internet; 1: Boom, Bust, and Recovery; 2: Arpanet and PC Prelude; 3: The Information Superhighway; 4: Dot-com Front-runners; 5: Dot-com Roadkill; 6: Microsoft Curbed; 7: The Bubble Bursts; 8: The Enron Debacle; 9: The Telecom Crash; 10: The Revolution Lives; 11: Epilogue: Downloading Music and Doing No Evil

List of contents

Underwriting the Internet; 1: Boom, Bust, and Recovery; 2: Arpanet and PC Prelude; 3: The Information Superhighway; 4: Dot-com Front-runners; 5: Dot-com Roadkill; 6: Microsoft Curbed; 7: The Bubble Bursts; 8: The Enron Debacle; 9: The Telecom Crash; 10: The Revolution Lives; 11: Epilogue: Downloading Music and Doing No Evil

Product details

• Authors: Leslie S. Hiraoka, HIRAOKA LESLIE S, Hiraoka Leslie S.
• Publisher: Sharpe
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 31.12.2004
• EAN: 9780765615176
• ISBN: 978-0-7656-1517-6
• No. of pages: 312
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > IT, data processing > Data communication, networks; Social sciences, law, business > Business > Miscellaneous; SCIENCE / Philosophy & Social Aspects, TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING / Social Aspects, Information technology industries, Impact of science & technology on society, Impact of science and technology on society, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Technology Studies, Internet Guides & Online Services, Internet guides and online services, COMPUTERS / Internet / Web Services & APIs