Network Effects (The Impact of Internet Development on the Global Economy)

Author: Wei-min Ge
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Publish Date: 2004-07-01
Features: This book primarily analyzes the U.S. new internet policy and the "new economy" puzzle, summarizing twice as many "information rules" as the book co-authored by Carl Shapiro and Hal Varian, "Information Rules—Strategy for the Network Economy." It discusses the crisis of traditional economics and the foundation of network economics, proposing creative theories such as the "New Factor Endowment Theory" and the "Coca-Cola Theorem." The book also examines U.S. information hegemonism and discrimination policies, as well as the digital divide and information industry policies of some countries, using facts and data to illustrate the impact of internet development on the economy and society. Additionally, the author puts forward a series of views and policy recommendations to accelerate China's social and economic informatization process based on the current status and trends of global industrial shifts.