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9781843764700

Computing

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    9781843764700

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    1843764709

  • Format: Hardcover
  • Copyright: 2006-11-06
  • Publisher: Edward Elgar Pub
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Table of Contents

Introduction : the industrial economics of computing
Econometric estimates of price indexes for personal computers in the 1990sp. 3
Measuring the spillovers from technical advance : mainframe computers in financial servicesp. 29
The welfare analysis of product innovations, with an application to computed tomography scannersp. 43
Technological competition and the structure of the computer industryp. 81
Anticompetitive behavior and IBM's actionsp. 121
The computer industryp. 191
Networks and innovation in a modular system : lessons from the microcomputer and stereo component industriesp. 262
Market segmentation and the sources of rents from innovation : personal computers in the late 1980sp. 279
Building and delivering the virtual world : commercializing services for Internet accessp. 307
The demand for monitoring technologies : the case of truckingp. 331
The impact of information technology on emergency health care outcomesp. 359
The dynamo and the computer : an historical perspective on the modern productivity paradoxp. 393
Technical progress and co-invention in computing and in the uses of computersp. 400
Contractibility and asset ownership : on-board computers and governance in U.S. truckingp. 483
Beyond computation : information technology, organizational transformation and business performancep. 520
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