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In the Bubble: Designing in a Complex World

Thackara, John - The MIT Press

and responsibility can inform design decisions without impeding social and technical innovation. … radical innovation already emerging in daily life. We are regaining respect for what people can do that technology can't. In …-centered world. The design focus is on services, not things. And new principles—above all, lightness—inform the way these services …

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Invisible Engines: How Software Platforms Drive Innovation and Transform Industries

Evans, David S.; Hagiu, Andrei; Schmalensee, Richard - The MIT Press

Software platforms are the invisible engines that have created, touched, or transformed nearly every major industry for the past quarter century. They power everything from mobile phones and automobile navigation systems to search engines and web portals. They have been the source of enormous...

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Internet Economics

McKnight, Lee W. (contributor); … - The MIT Press

The Internet has rapidly become an important element of the economic system. The lack of accepted metrics for economic analysis of Internet transactions is therefore increasingly problematic. This book, one of the first to bring together research on Internet engineering and economics, attempts...

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The Laws of the Web: Patterns in the Ecology of Information

Huberman, Bernardo A. - The MIT Press

. Such findings can lead to more efficient Web design and use. They also shed light on social mechanisms whose significance …

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The Invisible Computer: Why Good Products Can Fail, the Personal Computer Is So Complex, and Information Appliances Are the Solution

Norman, Donald A. - The MIT Press

Technologies have a life cycle, says Donald A. Norman, and they must change as they pass from youth to maturity. Alas, the computer industry thinks it is still in its rebellious teenage years, exalting in technical complexity. Customers want change. They are ready for products that offer...

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Transforming Enterprise

Dutton, William H. (contributor); Kahin, Brian (contributor) - The MIT Press

information technology in creating and using knowledge—especially knowledge that leads to innovation; then, new organizational …

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Software Ecosystem: Understanding an Indispensable Technology and Industry

Messerschmitt, David G.; Szyperski, Clemens - The MIT Press

growth and innovation; and economists, who offer insights into how the software market works. Each chapter considers not only …

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Internet Publishing and Beyond: The Economics of Digital Information and Intellectual Property

Kahin, Brian (contributor); Varian, Hal R. (contributor) - The MIT Press

The rapid growth of the Internet and the World Wide Web is transforming the way information is accessed and used. New models for distributing, sharing, linking, and marketing information are appearing. This volume examines emerging economic and business models for global publishing and...

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The Economics of Knowledge

Foray, Dominique - The MIT Press

The economics of knowledge is a rapidly emerging subdiscipline of economics that has never before been given the comprehensive and cohesive treatment found in this book. Dominique Foray analyzes the deep conceptual and structural transformation of our economic activities that has led to a...

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Advancing Knowledge and the Knowledge Economy

Kahin, Brian (contributor); Foray, Dominique (contributor) - The MIT Press

The revolution in information technology transforms not only information and its uses but, more important, knowledge and the ways we generate and manage it. Knowledge is now seen as input, output, and capital, even if imperfectly accounted for or understood. Many businesses and public agencies...

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