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Antitrust for internet gianst
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James H. - 2018
There can be no doubt that the FANG companies – Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – have transformed society since their emergence. Like all social transformations, the changes wrought by their services have had ripple effects that are both positive and negative. On...
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Bork's hoax : antitrust and the internet market
Alleman, James H. - 2021
Robert Bork's Antitrust Paradox (1978) has been justification for lack of antitrust behavior for over four decades. His test essentially asks if consumers are harmed by the pricing practices of the firm in the market in which they purchase the good or service. Even if these firms are monopoly or...
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Antitrust failures : the internet giants
Taschdjian, Martin; Alleman, James - 2018
Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, as well as Twitter – the FANG companies – have transformed society with both positive and negative effects. Soaring consumer access to information, news, social networks, and entertainment has been stimulated by the ever-more ubiquitous and falling...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011990829
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Geographic regulation of next generation broadband networks : a review of practical cases and recent literature
Balmer, Roberto E. - 2015
Alternative telecommunications operators have continuously invested in their own infrastructure in recent years. After more than a decade since liberalization, competitive conditions have substantially changed, especially in urban areas. European regulatory authorities have acknowledged this...
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The logical evolution of internet governance policy in China from 1994-2017 : a computational textual analysis approach
Wu, Jun - 2018
and society, policy issues on China internet governance have gained wide attractions from academics and practitioners … government laws and regulations on internet governance released during the period of 1994 and 2017,this study investigates the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012012983
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Network neutrality regulation in Brazil : an economic sociology approach and the challenges after the FCC's decision
Schmidt Iaskio, Emerson Leonardo; Falch, Morten; Shima, … - 2018
devices. The process of implementation and regulation of the Brazilian Civil Landmark of the Internet is a conflict arena, in …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012004808
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Multisided markets and platform dominance
Alleman, James H.; Baranes, Edmond; Rappoport, Paul N. - 2019
The internet giants - Facebook, Amazon, Netflix and Google, among others - have transformed society with both positive … internet giants are multisided markets (MSM); their economic rents are "hidden" from the public. On the user-side of the market … rents are not so obvious. This paper addresses the monopolistic/monopsony aspect of the internet giants. In the singlesided …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012151937
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More than words : a global analysis of the socio-economic impact of Rich Interaction Applications (RIAs) : 28th ITS Europe, Passau, Germany
Arnold, René; Hildebrandt, Christian; Tas, Serpil; … - 2017
offer an increasingly large part of a "full internet experience". With this in mind, our analysis places their economic … impact between baseline telecommunications services' and the internet' impact. For a 10% increase in RIAs usage GDP for the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011778592
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Internet governance : the visible and the invisible hand
Lindeberg, Fredrik - 2017
Who governs the Internet is a hotly debated subject, and there seems to be a lack of consensus. In this text I aim to … show how central Internet functions are coordinated and which consequences that have on how we can consider the Internet to … be governed. I show that the Internet has no governor, not even ICANN, and that there are several important actors for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774516
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Speeding up the internet : regulation and investment in European fiber optic Infrastructure
Briglauer, Wolfgang; Cambini, Carlo; Grajek, Michał - 2017
heterogeneous entrants in internet access markets, as we consider both other telecom and cable TV operators as entrants. In the …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011774721