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Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
Stanley J Liebowitz
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Description for Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: HBTK; LNCH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the current debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Analyzing famous examples of economic “lock-in” by dominant corporations of supposedly inferior products, this book makes the case that free markets in high technology industry deliver better products to consumers, at lower prices, without government intervention. This publication's careful scholarship, well-founded hypotheses, and refutations of previously accepted theories—extending far beyond the Microsoft case—make this publication a vital piece of understanding for the future of technology and economics.
Few issues in high technology are as divisive as the current debate over competition, innovation, and antitrust. Analyzing famous examples of economic “lock-in” by dominant corporations of supposedly inferior products, this book makes the case that free markets in high technology industry deliver better products to consumers, at lower prices, without government intervention. This publication's careful scholarship, well-founded hypotheses, and refutations of previously accepted theories—extending far beyond the Microsoft case—make this publication a vital piece of understanding for the future of technology and economics.
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Independent Institute
Condition
New
Number of Pages
302
Place of Publication
Oakland, United States
ISBN
9780945999843
SKU
V9780945999843
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99-3
About Stanley J Liebowitz
Stan J. Liebowitz is a professor of managerial economics and the academic associate dean in the school of management at the University of Texas at Dallas. He has written on the topics of copyright and technology, broadcasting regulation, pricing practices, and mortgage discrimination. Stephen E. Margolis is a professor of economics and the head of the economics department in the ... Read more
Reviews for Winners, Losers & Microsoft: Competition and Antitrust in High Technology
“Powerful stuff, Winners, Losers & Microsoft promises to have an important impact on the debate about the appropriate use of antitrust in high-technology markets. It does indeed exhibit a very high caliber of scholarship, addresses the key questions posed by the proponents of anti-competitive 'lock-in,' and bases its conclusions on a wealth of new empirical evidence.” —William F. Shughart II, ... Read more