Paying with Plastic
The Digital Revolution in Buying and Borrowing
$81.20
- Paperback
384 pages
- Release Date
17 December 2004
Summary
The definitive account of the trillion-dollar payment card industry.The payment card business has evolved from its inception in the 1950s as a way to handle payment for expense-account lunches (the Diners Club card) into today’s complex, sprawling industry that drives trillions of dollars in transaction volume each year. Paying with Plastic is the definitive source on an industry that has revolutionized the way we borrow and spend. More than a history book, Paying with Plastic delivers an ent…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780262550581 |
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| ISBN-10: | 026255058X |
| Author: | David S. Evans, Richard Schmalensee |
| Publisher: | MIT Press Ltd |
| Imprint: | MIT Press |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 384 |
| Edition: | 2nd |
| Release Date: | 17 December 2004 |
| Weight: | 522g |
| Dimensions: | 229mm x 152mm x 19mm |
| Series: | Paying with Plastic |
What They're Saying
Critics Review
“Well-written and clearly presented.” Tudor Marshall The Business Economist
An excellent treatment of the payment card industry’s evolving structure and conduct.
– Daniel Pope * Enterprise & Society *Well-written and clearly presented.
– Tudor Marshall * The Business Economist *About The Author
David S. Evans
David S. Evans is Managing Director of the Global Competition Policy Practice at LECG LLC and part of Market Platform Dynamics, a management consulting firm that focuses on strategic analysis and product design for platform-based firms.Richard L. Schmalensee is John C. Head III Dean and Professor of Management and Economics at the MIT Sloan School of Management. He is co-editor of Management- Inventing and Delivering Its Future (MIT Press, 2003).
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