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computer and Internet penetration have identified income, telecommunications infrastructure, and regulatory quality as key …, through organizational innovations that provide low cost Internet access in developing countries, within the existing levels … Internet use. The situations in which data was collected were ones where computer and Internet access was being provided by a …
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in computer and Internet penetration have been performed. The main conclusions and policy implications from these studies … an alternative approach to bridging the digital divide, through organizational innovations that provide low cost Internet …, to examine factors influencing patterns of computer and Internet use. These individuals were in situations where computer …
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cross-platform server entry. In its second investigation of Microsoft, the EU alleged illegal tying of Internet Explorer (IE … updates) consumers whose computers have Internet Explorer pre-installed to choose a browser from a menu of competing browsers …
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The demand for electronic books (e-books) and the e-book readers are complementary. On the one hand, the emergence of e-book readers such as Amazon's Kindle has triggered the recent growth of the e-book market. On the other hand, several issues in the e-book market can affect the future of the...
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We consider a structural model of demand and supply where firms endogenously offer vertically differentiated products and exercise second-degree price discrimination. We apply this model to the smartphone industry and quantify the welfare effects of price discrimination and competition. We use...
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The Microsoft cases in the United States and in Europe have been influential in determining the contours of the substantive liability standards for dominant firms in US antitrust law and in EC Competition law. The competition law remedies that were adopted, following the finding of liability,...
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Online communities provide a social sphere for people to share information and knowledge. While information sharing is becoming a ubiquitous online phenomenon, how to ensure information quality or induce quality content, however, remains a challenge due to the anonymity of commentators. This...
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Internet Service Providers in the adoption process. We show that ISP’s were less likely to adopt the technology that more …
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and EU cases against Microsoft on the issue of tying new products (Internet Explorer in the US, and Windows Media Player …
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The increasing pervasiveness of the Internet has dramatically changed the way that consumers shop for goods. Consumer …
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