Internet economics: when constituencies collide in cyberspace

Computer engineering, economics and public policy offer different perspectives on the problem of sustaining Internet growth without abandoning the technological innovations that underpin the infrastructure-and culture-of global information. This article offers a framework for addressing this interdi...

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Veröffentlicht in:IEEE internet computing 1997-11, Vol.1 (6), p.30-37
Hauptverfasser: McKnight, L.W., Bailey, J.P.
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Sprache:eng
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Zusammenfassung:Computer engineering, economics and public policy offer different perspectives on the problem of sustaining Internet growth without abandoning the technological innovations that underpin the infrastructure-and culture-of global information. This article offers a framework for addressing this interdisciplinary challenge. We examine how the often conflicting and overlapping interests of different Internet constituencies are beginning to yield to a rough consensus. In particular, we believe these constituencies are beginning to recognize that the growth of the Internet can be explained by a combination of three features: its technical characteristic of statistical sharing, its economic feature of positive network externalities, and its policy objective of interoperability.
ISSN:1089-7801
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DOI:10.1109/4236.643934