Fast‐paced IT advances have made it increasingly possible and useful for firms to collect data on their customers on an unprecedented scale. One downside of this is that firms can experience negative publicity and financial damage if their data are breached. This is particularly the case in...

<DIV>As the cost of storing, sharing, and analyzing data has decreased, economic activity has become increasingly digital. But while the effects of digital technology and improved digital communication have been explored in a variety of contexts, the impact on economic activity—from consumer and...</div>

Intro -- Contents -- Acknowledgments -- Introduction / Avi Goldfarb, Shane M. Greenstein, and Catherine E. Tucker -- I - Internet Supply and Demand -- Chapter 1 - Modularity and the Evolution ofthe Internet / Timothy Simcoe -- Comment / Timothy F. Bresnahan -- Chapter 2 - What Are We Not Doing...