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Sources of Information Value

Sources of Information Value


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List of Figures List of Tables List of Exhibits CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION: DIGITAL DATA AND THE INFORMATION REVOLUTION Dot.com Realities Why does Digital Information Make a Difference in Business Analogue and Digital Business Information Metadata Computing Power The Online Value Chain: Creating and Appropriating Value in Networked Environments New Information-based Relationships Connecting to the Network A Simple Transaction Stream Internet Architecture Modem, ISP and Hosting Computer The Structure of the Book CHAPTER 2: CLIENT SOFTWARE Competitive Factors: The Nature of Information-Based Businesses Information and Information Goods Cost Structure The Lock-In Positive Feedback Strategic Approaches Setting Propritary Standards Managing the Lock-In Process Avoiding Commoditization Industry Structure and Trends Paradigm Shift CHAPTER 3: LOCAL LOOP, ISPs AND IAPs The ISP/IAP Industry ISPs: Competitive Factors ISPs: Strategic Approaches ISP/IAP: Industry Structure and Trends Local Loop DSL and ADSL Commercial Value Local Loop: Competitive Factors Local Loop: Strategic Approaches Local Loop: Industry Structure and Trends CHAPTER 4: NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE: THE INTERNET BACKBONE Infrastructures: The Bandwith Revolution Long-Distance Telecommunications Companies Long-Distance Telecommunications: Competitive Factors Telecommunications: Strategic Approaches Telecommunications: Industry Structure and Trends Network Equipment: Network Infrastructure Network Equipment: Competitive Factors Network Equipment: Strategic Approaches Network Equipment: Industry Structure and Trends Web Server Hardware and Software Network Infrastructure Web Server Hardware and Software: Competitive Factors Web Server Hardware and Software: Strategic Approaches Web Server Hardware and Software: Industry Structure and Trends CHAPTER 5: HOSTING Web Hosting and ASPs: Competitive Factors Hosting Services Barriers to Entry Web Hosting and ASPs: Strategic Approaches Web Hosting and ASPs: Industry Structure and Trends The Role of Storage What is 'Storage'? Magnetic Hard Drive Surface Density Other Physical Advances Applications CHAPTER 6: USER HARDWARE User Hardware: Competitive Factors Hardward Devices Complementary Elements User Hardware: Strategic Approaches Low-Cost Production R&D Investment Service Contracts PDAs Mobiles User Hardware: Industry Structure and Trends CHAPTER 7: PROPRIETARY CONTENT PROVIDERS: AGGREGATORS (PORTALS) Content Products and Services Proprietary Content Providers E-Commerce Content Aggregators (Portals) Early Portal Development Portal Business Models Content Aggregators (Portals): Competitive Factors Content Aggregators (Portals): Strategic Approaches Content Aggregators (Portals): Industry Structure and Trends CHAPTER 8: EXTENSIONS OF THE VALUE CHAIN AND TRANSACTION-STREAM ELECTRONIC MARKETS Information Everywhere The Information Explosion Business Processes and Information Interaction and Interactive Labour Interactive Business Transaction Costs The Value-Chain Perpective Transaction-Stream Markets Electronic Markets and the Search for Optimal Prices Transaction Processes Transaction Streams The Transaction-Stream Price-Search Problem (TSPSP) Dramatic Increase in Transaction Costs: Zero Entry Barriers in an NP-Complete World The Peer-to-Peer Model and the Evolution of Network Brokers The Product Internet CHAPTER 9: CONCLUSION: STRATEGIC FRAMING AND THE INFORMATION VALUE-CHAIN The Relative Failure of Traditional Models Alternative Views of Strategy The 'Commitment' and 'Dynamic Capabilities' View of Strategy The Value-Creation Model Strategies for the Future Strategic Framing in the Information Industry Compete or Collaborate? Strategic Framing Information Industries Preparing for the Future Bibliography Index
About the Author: JOAN ENRIC RICART I COSTA is Professor of General Management at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain. He is Associate Dean for the Research and Doctoral Programme and Chairman of the General Management Department and has substantial experience of teaching and research and many publications. He is currently President of the European Academy of Management.

BRIAN SUBIRANA is Associate Professor at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain. He holds a Doctorate in Philosophy in Computer Science from Massachusetts Institute of Technology and an MBA from MIT's Sloan School of Management. He teaches in-company programmes in management for companies such as SUN Microsystems, ING, Fortis, 3i, and Bertelsmann. Business Week ranks IESE No. 1 in the world for custom executive programmes.

JOSEP VALOR-SABATIER is Professor of Information Systems at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain. He has a Ph.D. in Operations Research from Massachusetts Institute of Technology where he has also been Visiting Professor of Management and many publications.


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9781349510986
  • Publisher: Palgrave MacMillan
  • Publisher Imprint: Palgrave Macmillan
  • Edition: Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 12 mm
  • Weight: 313 gr
  • ISBN-10: 134951098X
  • Publisher Date: 01 Jan 2004
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 216 mm
  • No of Pages: 181
  • Series Title: English
  • Sub Title: Strategic Framing and the Transformation of the Information Industries
  • Width: 140 mm


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