Internet Architecture and Innovation
$70.86
- Paperback
592 pages
- Release Date
17 August 2012
Summary
A detailed examination of how the underlying technical structure of the Internet affects the economic environment for innovation and the implications for public policy.Today-following housing bubbles, bank collapses, and high unemployment-the Internet remains the most reliable mechanism for fostering innovation and creating new wealth. The Internet’s remarkable growth has been fueled by innovation. In this pathbreaking book, Barbara van Schewick argues that this explosion of innovation is not…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262518048 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 026251804X |
| Author: | Barbara van Schewick |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 592 |
| Release Date: | 17 August 2012 |
| Weight: | 794g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 29mm |
| Series: | The MIT Press |
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“This is an important piece of policy work and anyone who cares about the Internetought to give it a read.” Fred Wilson , A VC blog
This is an important piece of policy work and anyone who cares about the Internet ought to give it a read.
—Fred Wilson, A VC blog…Internet Architecture and Innovation is an important work: it supplies a key piece of the broadband puzzle in its consideration of broadband transport as a necessary input for other businesses…van Schewick’s fundamental premise rings true: only neutral networks promote competition and innovation.
—ars technicaAbout The Author
Barbara van Schewick
Barbara van Schewick is Associate Professor of Law and Helen L. Crocker Faculty Schoar at Stanford Law School, Director of Stanford Law School’s Center for Internet and Society, and Associate Professor (by courtesy) of Electrical Engineering in Stanford University’s Department of Electrical Engineering.
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