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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present
Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (contributor);  … - The MIT Press
Although technological change is vital for economic growth, the interaction of finance and technological innovation is … rarely studied. This pioneering volume examines the ways in which innovation is funded in the United States. In case studies … methods of funding innovation--whether it is in the auto industry or information technology--have important implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991831
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Financing Innovation in the United States, 1870 to Present
Lamoreaux, Naomi R. (contributor);  … - The MIT Press
Although technological change is vital for economic growth, the interaction of finance and technological innovation is … rarely studied. This pioneering volume examines the ways in which innovation is funded in the United States. In case studies … methods of funding innovation--whether it is in the auto industry or information technology--have important implications for …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004991843
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Understanding the Digital Economy: Data, Tools, and Research
Brynjolfsson, Erik (contributor); Kahin, Brian (contributor) - The MIT Press
The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973048
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Trust and Risk in Internet Commerce
Camp, L. Jean - The MIT Press
As Internet-based commerce becomes commonplace, it is important that we examine the systems used for these financial transactions. Underlying each system is a set of assumptions, particularly about trust and risk. To evaluate systems, and thus to determine one's own risks, requires an...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973070
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Cornucopia Limited: Design and Dissent on the Internet
Coyne, Richard - The MIT Press
The network economy presents itself in the transactions of electronic commerce, finance, business, and communications. The network economy is also a social condition of discontinuity, indefinite limits, and in-between spaces. In Cornucopia Limited, Richard Coyne uses the liminality of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973162
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The Internet and American Business
Aspray, William (contributor); Ceruzzi, Paul E. (contributor) - The MIT Press
When we think of the Internet, we generally think of Amazon, Google, Hotmail, Napster, MySpace, and other sites for buying products, searching for information, downloading entertainment, chatting with friends, or posting photographs. In the academic literature about the Internet, however, these...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973215
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The Weightless World: Strategies for Managing the Digital Economy
Coyle, Diane - The MIT Press
The Weightless World is the first book to map an economic world that has been turned upside down by digital technology and global business. How will our careers, businesses, and governments change in a world where bytes are the only currency and where the goods that shape our lives—global...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10004973224