Diamonds are forever, computers are not [electronic resource] : economic and strategic management in computing markets / Shane Greenstein.
Material type: TextPublication details: London : Imperial College Press ; Singapore ; River Edge, NJ : Distributed by World Scientific Pub., c2004.Description: 1 online resource (xviii, 294 p.) : illISBN:- 1860944523 (electronic bk.)
- 9781860944529 (electronic bk.)
- 1281347469
- 9781281347466
- Computer industry
- Internet industry
- Technological innovations -- Economic aspects
- COMPUTERS -- Reference
- COMPUTERS -- Machine Theory
- COMPUTERS -- Computer Literacy
- COMPUTERS -- Information Technology
- COMPUTERS -- Data Processing
- COMPUTERS -- Computer Science
- COMPUTERS -- Hardware -- General
- ICT
- Informationstechnik
- Strategisches Management
- Wirtschaft
- 004/.068 22
- HD9696.2.A2 G74 2004eb
- 83.62
- DAT 060f
- WIR 540f
Includes index.
Description based on print version record.
Preface; Acknowledgments; Part I. Musings; Part II. Observations, Fleeting and Otherwise; Part III. Developing the Digital World; Part IV. Internet Boom and Bust; Part V. Prices, Productivity and Growth; Part VI. Enterprise Computing; Part VII. Microsoft, from the Sublime to the Serious; Part VIII. Platforms and Standards; Index;
This is a collection of 43 essays about the economics and managementof information technology markets. The first part of the book focuseson events, notable birth dates and longstanding trends. The unifyingtheme revolves around the role of human economic behavior in the faceof uncertainty and confusion. The contributors' intent is to explain,educate and entertain to go beyond the obvious.
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