Botnets, networks of machines infected with malicious software, are widely regarded as a critical security threat. Measures that directly address the owners of the infected machine end users are useful, but have proven insufficient to reduce the overall problem. Recent studies have shifted...

As the single most important general purpose technology of recent times, the Internet is transforming the organization, competitive structure and business models of the private, the public and non-profit sectors. In 27 original chapters, leading authors discuss theoretical and applied frameworks...

This handbook brings together twenty-six original chapters that discuss theoretical and applied frameworks for the study of the economics of the Internet, encompassing: its unique economics as a global information and communications infrastructure, the effects of the Internet on economic...

Preface -- Introduction: The economics of the internet: an overview / Johannes M. Bauer and Michael Latzer -- Part II Theoretical foundations -- 1. The industrial organization of the internet / Günter Knieps and Johannes M. Bauer -- 2. The internet as a complex layered system / Stephen J....