In December 2020, new regulation of digital markets was proposed by European Commission. It specifically addresses main concerns raised by business behavior of operators of core services in their gatekeeping positions. However, voice assistants (or digital personal assistants, DPAs, e.g. Apple's...

Verlagsinfo: "In our digital world, data is power, and information hoarders reign supreme. The practices of these digital pillagers are analogous to those of cartels--they use intimidation, aggression, and force to maintain control and power. Sarah Lamdan brings us into the unregulated...

"As an emerging strategic industry in China, the information resource industry (IRI) has had and will continue to have a growing impact on economic and social development. Focusing on the special characteristics of IRI policies in China, this book provides an in-depth discussion of the major...

"The industrialization of information resources has been a growing trend across the world in recent years, especially in China, where the information resource industry (IRI) has expanded exponentially for over more than a decade. While analysing the development conditions of China's IRI, this...

This article is a case for reorienting many antitrust investigations -- and more generally regulatory approaches -- to focus on how control of personal data by corporations can entrench monopoly power in an economy shaped increasingly by the power of "big data." The core source of value being...

"Markets run on information. Buyers make decisions by relying on their knowledge of the products available, and sellers decide what to produce based on their understanding of what buyers want. But the distribution of market information has changed, as consumers increasingly turn to sources that...

Technology = Recipes -- The advance of code. Jobs : divide and coordinate ; Code : "This is the procedure" ; Machines : "The universal character" ; Computers : predicting the weather -- Code economics. Substitution : the great Man-vs-Machine Debate ; Information : "Reliable circuits using crummy...

This book explores the importance and the types of media innovation policies formulated and implemented in various European countries. Each country analysis illustrates the evolution and structure of news media markets and media cross-ownership policies in recent years and evaluates how...

Die überregionale Literaturversorgung in Deutschland hat ihre Wurzeln im beginnenden 20. Jahrhundert und hat sich seitdem dank der Förderung durch die Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft und ihrer Vorgängerinstitution beständig weiterentwickelt. Susanne Göttker beschreibt diese Entwicklung von...

An introduction of the data industry to the field of economics This book bridges the gap between economics and data science to help data scientists understand the economics of big data, and enable economists to analyze the data industry. It begins by explaining data resources and introduces the...

In this book readers will find technological discussions on the existing and emerging technologies across the different stages of the big data value chain. They will learn about legal aspects of big data, the social impact, and about education needs and requirements. And they will discover the...

We are currently living in an age, where the use of the Internet has become second nature to millions of people. Not only do businesses depend on the Internet for all types of electronic transactions, but more and more home users are experiencing the immense benefit of the Internet.However, this...

"This book addresses the question of whether or not information has become a commodity and examines how infonomics and the "business of free" have changed the way companies must create and market their information to make it most accessible and valuable for their consumers"--Provided by publisher.

This book addresses the question of whether or not information has become a commodity and examines how infonomics and the "business of free" have changed the way companies must create and market their information to make it most accessible and valuable for their consumers. - Provided by publisher

Applications of news analytics in finance : a review / Leela Mitra and Gautam Mitra -- News analytics : framework, techniques, and metrics / Sanjiv R. Das -- Managing real-time risks and returns : the Thomson Reuters NewsScope event indices / Alexander D. Healy and Andrew W. Lao -- Measuring the...