High-speed internet has increased the amount of information available in health care markets. Online information may … providers to improve quality. We examine how health outcomes for common procedures in Medicare changed after broadband internet …

the Internet by unions in the United Kingdom and United States, we develop five hypothesis about the impact of the … Internet on unions. 1) the Customized Services hypothesis that unions will individualize services; 2) the Cyber …, Internet recruitment sites, specialized advice centers, and the like, to fill the e-union niche …

and to what extent the Internet will affect the location of economic activity. Even after the very substantial … making agglomeration more important. We argue that the Internet will produce more of the same forces for deagglomeration, but …. This is not likely to be affected by the Internet, which allows long distance 'conversations' but not 'handshakes.' …

reduction in search costs on the Internet relative to the physical channel would cause both price and price dispersion to fall …

This paper examines the structure of over 100 alliances by Internet portals from 1995 to 1999. These alliances were an …

We examine manufacturers' decisions of whether and how to offer their products for sale over the internet …. Manufacturers that rely on promotion of their products by brick and mortar retailers must consider the possibility that internet … their products over the internet and to control the pricing of their products over the internet. We examine three categories …

The Internet has the potential to significantly reduce search costs by allowing consumers to engage in low-cost price … comparisons online. This paper provides empirical evidence on the impact that the rise of Internet comparison shopping sites has … group using the Internet reduces average insurance prices for the group by as much as 5 percent. Further evidence indicates …