As Internet-based commerce becomes commonplace, it is important that we examine the systems used for these financial … book Jean Camp focuses on two major yet frequently overlooked issues in the design of Internet commerce systems—trust and … risk. Trust and risk are closely linked. The level of risk can be determined by looking at who trusts whom in Internet …

efficient rivals. This book asks whether the current chaotic state of the telecommunications and related Internet industries is … well as the role of new technologies such as the Internet in driving down the price and speeding the diffusion of …

regulatory scheme, no book has cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition policy in the Internet age … dimensions of competition in wireline and wireless telephone service; competition among rival platforms for broadband Internet … service and video distribution; and the Internet's transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry …

of the Internet economy—for profit vs. for free, private vs. public, security vs. open access, defense vs. permeability …

When we think of the Internet, we generally think of Amazon, Google, Hotmail, Napster, MySpace, and other sites for … academic literature about the Internet, however, these uses are rarely covered. The Internet and American Business fills this … gap, picking up where most scholarly histories of the Internet leave off--with the commercialization of the Internet …

social capital among Iranian NGOs, and the Internet-based communities created by the open-source movement, while others …

This book provides a framework for thinking about the law and cyberspace, examining the extent to which the Internet is … ordering, and self-regulation. The book also applies major regulatory models to some of the most volatile Internet issues …

profits and stay a step ahead of the competition. Shorter discussions of Internet-based software platforms provide an …