As Internet-based commerce becomes commonplace, it is important that we examine the systems used for these financial … book Jean Camp focuses on two major yet frequently overlooked issues in the design of Internet commerce systems—trust and … risk. Trust and risk are closely linked. The level of risk can be determined by looking at who trusts whom in Internet …

efficient rivals. This book asks whether the current chaotic state of the telecommunications and related Internet industries is … well as the role of new technologies such as the Internet in driving down the price and speeding the diffusion of …

regulatory scheme, no book has cogently explained the intricacies of telecommunications competition policy in the Internet age … dimensions of competition in wireline and wireless telephone service; competition among rival platforms for broadband Internet … service and video distribution; and the Internet's transformation of every aspect of the telecommunications industry …

of the Internet economy—for profit vs. for free, private vs. public, security vs. open access, defense vs. permeability …

When we think of the Internet, we generally think of Amazon, Google, Hotmail, Napster, MySpace, and other sites for … academic literature about the Internet, however, these uses are rarely covered. The Internet and American Business fills this … gap, picking up where most scholarly histories of the Internet leave off--with the commercialization of the Internet …

social capital among Iranian NGOs, and the Internet-based communities created by the open-source movement, while others …

This book provides a framework for thinking about the law and cyberspace, examining the extent to which the Internet is … ordering, and self-regulation. The book also applies major regulatory models to some of the most volatile Internet issues …

the past quarter century. They power everything from mobile phones and automobile navigation systems to search engines and … profits and stay a step ahead of the competition. Shorter discussions of Internet-based software platforms provide an …

and confusion can be called an "edge." The "Internet edge" is our collective struggle to change as the world becomes more … connected. Turmoil at the Internet edge occurs around interacting social, legal, and technological realms. Examples include …'s eye view of the Internet edge. It is about the experiences of those who encountered similar issues as they built …

centralized state and federal agencies. This presumption was long outdated prior to the commercialization of the Internet. With … the Internet, the long-forecast convergence of voice, video, and text bits became a reality. Legislation, capped by the …, Internet architecture in a commercial era, communications infrastructure development, the Digital Divide, and information …