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The Economics, Concept and Design of Information Intermediaries. A Theoretic Approach.
Frank Rose
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Paperback. This work analyzes the economics, concept, and design of information intermediaries, and develops an economic model based on the microeconomic theory of search, applying it to information intermediaries who provide services like the search for information or the mediation of information. Series: Information Age Economy. Num Pages: 266 pages, 11 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: KCA; KJQ; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
The Internet provides an infrastructure that makes the steadily increasing amount of information accessible efficiently, quickly, and inexpensively. Closely connec ted with this opportunity is the danger that the available information will over charge the individual information seeker's capability to process the information and to judge its quality. In this situation, information intermediaries can take upon the role of an expert and a guarantor of quality similar to intermediaries in markets for physical goods or finances. Thus, information intermediaries can be a trust worthy, information processing third party, mediating between information seekers and information sources. The current technological development has ... Read more
The Internet provides an infrastructure that makes the steadily increasing amount of information accessible efficiently, quickly, and inexpensively. Closely connec ted with this opportunity is the danger that the available information will over charge the individual information seeker's capability to process the information and to judge its quality. In this situation, information intermediaries can take upon the role of an expert and a guarantor of quality similar to intermediaries in markets for physical goods or finances. Thus, information intermediaries can be a trust worthy, information processing third party, mediating between information seekers and information sources. The current technological development has ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
Series
Information Age Economy
Number of Pages
266
Place of Publication
Heidelberg, Germany
ISBN
9783790811681
SKU
V9783790811681
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