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HOW THE INTERNET BECAME COMMERCIAL: INNOVATION, PRIVATIZATION, AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW NETWORK
Título:
HOW THE INTERNET BECAME COMMERCIAL: INNOVATION, PRIVATIZATION, AND THE BIRTH OF A NEW NETWORK
Subtítulo:
Autor:
GREENSTEIN, S
Editorial:
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Año de edición:
2015
Materia
COMERCIO ELECTRONICO
ISBN:
978-0-691-16736-7
Páginas:
488
36,95 €

 

Sinopsis

In less than a decade, the Internet went from being a series of loosely connected networks used by universities and the military to the powerful commercial engine it is today. This book describes how many of the key innovations that made this possible came from entrepreneurs and iconoclasts who were outside the mainstream-and how the commercialization of the Internet was by no means a foregone conclusion at its outset.

Shane Greenstein traces the evolution of the Internet from government ownership to privatization to the commercial Internet we know today. This is a story of innovation from the edges. Greenstein shows how mainstream service providers that had traditionally been leaders in the old-market economy became threatened by innovations from industry outsiders who saw economic opportunities where others didn't-and how these mainstream firms had no choice but to innovate themselves. New models were tried: some succeeded, some failed. Commercial markets turned innovations into valuable products and services as the Internet evolved in those markets. New business processes had to be created from scratch as a network originally intended for research and military defense had to deal with network interconnectivity, the needs of commercial users, and a host of challenges with implementing innovative new services.

How the Internet Became Commercial demonstrates how, without any central authority, a unique and vibrant interplay between government and private industry transformed the Internet.



Table of Contents:

INTRODUCTION 1
1 Ubiquitous Clicks and How It All Started 3
THE TRANSITION 31
2 The White House Did Not Call 33
3 Honest Policy Wonks 65
4 A Taste of Champaign 97
5 Unleashing Commercial Iconoclasts 130
THE BLOSSOMING 157
6 How Not to Start a Gold Rush 159
7 Platforms at the Core and Periphery 187
8 Overcoming Two Conundrums 215
9 Virulent Word of Mouse 243
10 Capital Deepening and Complements 272
EXPLORATION AND RENEWAL 301
11 Bill Votes with a Veto 303
12 Internet Exceptionalism Runs Rampant 335
13 The Paradox of the Prevailing View 365
14 The High Cost of a Cheap Lesson in Wireless Access 392
EPILOGUE 417
15 Enabling Innovation from the Edges 419
Acknowledgments 443
References 447
Index 465