Lex Informatica: The Formulation of Information Policy Rules through Technology

Historically, law and government regulation have established default rules for information policy, including constitutional rules on freedom of expression and statutory rights of ownership of information. This Article will show that for network environments and the Information Society, however, law and government regulation are not the only source of rule-making. Technological capabilities and system design choices impose rules on participants. The creation and implementation of information policy are embedded in network designs and standards as well as in system configurations. Even user preferences and technical choices create overarching, local default rules. This Article argues, in essence, that the set of rules for information flows imposed by technology and communication networks form a “Lex Informatica” that policymakers must understand, consciously recognize, and encourage

Innovating through standardization: How Google Leverages the Value of Open Digital Platforms

The purpose of this paper is to examine how an actor strategically develops and diffuses technology standards that align with innovation trajectories while maintaining a consensus with competitors. We conduct a field study of HTML5 standardization and examine how Google strategically influences the development and diffusion of HTML5 toward their favorable standard trajectories. We show that Google has adopted two strategic policies (integrating outside technologies and avoiding the monetization of technologies) and engaged in two relational practices (forming alliances with browser vendors and engaging developer communities) to realize an open Web application platform on the HTML5 while competing and coordinating with other actors. Google attracts application developers and browser vendors to collaboratively develop HTML5 specifications and HTML5-compatible products and services, which have enriched Google\u27s open Web application strategy. These relational practices were enabled and amplified by non-commercial policies for corresponding web applications and the use of other parties\u27 technologies

CPA\u27s guide to the Internet

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aicpa_guides/1966/thumbnail.jp

CPA\u27s guide to the Internet

https://egrove.olemiss.edu/aicpa_guides/1967/thumbnail.jp

Antitrust Governance

In this article, the author argues that antitrust law has entered a new phase of its controversial existence. The role of antitrust in moderating inter-firm relationships depends both on the problems of the underlying market regime and the institutional capacity of antitrust decision-makers to respond to those challenges. For much of the 20th century, the model firm was hierarchical: vertical integration within the business organization was a way of achieving transaction cost efficiencies and delivering higher levels of output at lower prices. Recognition of this fact transformed antitrust from its traditional focus on concentrated power, to a policy focused on economic efficiency. This new emphasis necessarily led to a more modest antitrust policy, since courts were not institutionally well-suited to promoting efficiency. However, in the past two decades the model firm itself has also been transformed both by changes in technology and due to greater volatility of market conditions. Production is increasingly decentralized, and characterized by a profusion of deeply collaborative relationships, with innovation as a key aspect of firm success. This article brings together the emerging literature that describes the changes in firm organization, the governance problems of the new forms of joint development and the antitrust responses to those changes. The author argues that antitrust can play an important role in governing collaborative production relationships and identifies the institutional and remedial mechanisms of the new antitrust policy

Video-based tutorial on web design for the technophobic teacher

The aims of this project hope to trace the factors affecting teachers\u27 use of technology, with a concentration on Internet usage, and offer steps in helping teachers move toward integrating the Internet into their curriculum

Comparative analysis of two tech giants under the financial perspective: Microsoft versus Alphabet

Treballs Finals del Màster en Oficial en Empresa Internacional / International Business, Facultat d'Economia i Empresa, Universitat de Barcelona. Curs: 2020-2022. Tutor: Martí Sagarra GarciaThis paper provides a comparison of two key players in the IT industry, Microsoft and Alphabet, from a financial point of view. After analysing the IT industry and introducing the main theoretical concepts of the paper, the study gives a general overview of the two tech giants and compares their business models focusing on how they create and capture value. Furthermore, the case study includes a calculation of financial ratios using secondary data and explains the effect of the Coronavirus pandemic on the companies’ financial performance. Finally, their capital structure and their alleged anti-competitive actions are discussed, outlining two court cases of great importance and their consequences on stock prices

Searching Inside Google: Cases, Controversies and the Future of the World\u27s Most Provocative Company

For a company whose motto is Do No Evil, Google certainly has its share of detractors. The company is at the center of numerous controversies that will determine how people use the Internet, find information, and communicate with each other. Professor Jon Garon explores the cases that will shape Google’s future and the implications for copyright and trademark owners, including: the latest AdWords’ case Rescuecom v. Google, the proposed Book Search settlement, the Viacom v. YouTube copyright infringement case, and looming antitrust investigations. He also will speculate about the future of Google as it consolidates its control over online search and advertising and expands into telecommunications, mobile devices and cloud computing

Web based customer support in banking and financial services

As customers become more sophisticated and competition increases in the marketplace, companies need to provide better service to gain a competitive advantage. The World Wide Web (WWW) offers companies the opportunity to provide service to their customers 24 hours a day and 7 days a week. Companies are taking advantage of this opportunity by making the WWW the customer service tool of the future. This project was conducted to develop a model for evaluating the level of customer service and support provided by corporate Web sites. The model was developed by adapting Lovelock’s Flower of Service Model (1994) to Web based operations. Lovelock’s model is based on the observation that most companies provide a core product or service but differentiate themselves on the supplementary services they offer. These supplementary services assist the customer in the pretransaction, transaction and posttransaction of the product or service. The model was applied to corporate Web sites of Australian banking and financial institutions. The results of the evaluation provided information on the level of customer support provided by each Web site. The customer support level scores derived from the evaluation provide companies with a tool for comparison of their own web sites with those of competitors and of the industry in general