Information Markets : : A Strategic Guideline for the I-Commerce / / Frank Linde, Wolfgang G. Stock.

• Superior document: Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter DGBA Backlist Complete English Language 2000-2014 PART1
• VerfasserIn: Linde, Frank,; Stock, Wolfgang G.,
• Place / Publishing House: Berlin ;, Boston : : De Gruyter Saur, , [2011]; ©2011
• Year of Publication: 2011
• Language: English
• Series: Knowledge and Information : Studies in Information Science ,
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (617 p.)

Information Markets is a compendium of the i-commerce, the commerce with digital information, content as well as software. Information Markets is a comprehensive overview of the state of the art of economic and information science endeavors on the markets of digital information. It provides a strategic guideline for information providers how to analyse their market environment and how to develop possible strategic actions. It is a book for information professionals, both for students of LIS (Library and Information Science), CIS (Computer and Information Science) or Information Management curricula and for practitioners as well as managers in these fields.

Table of Contents

Frontmatter -- Contents -- Preface -- Part A Propedeutics of Dealing with the Information Market -- Chapter 1 History of Exploring the Information Market -- Chapter 2 Information as Economic Good -- Chapter 3 Economic Particularities of Information Goods -- Part B Information Society -- Chapter 4 Information Sociology -- Chapter 5 Information Law -- Chapter 6 Information Ethics -- Chapter 6 Information Ethics -- Chapter 7 Business, Market and Press Information -- Chapter 8 Legal Information -- Chapter 9 STM Information -- Chapter 10 Search Tools and Content Aggregators -- Chapter 11 Web 2.0 Services -- Chapter 12 Online Music and Internet TV -- Chapter 13 Digital Games -- Chapter 14 Software -- Chapter 15 Online Advertising -- Part D Competitive Strategies of Information Providers -- Chapter 16 Strategic Framework -- Chapter 17 Timing of Market Entry -- Chapter 18 Pricing -- Chapter 19 Managing Compatibility and Standardization -- Chapter 20 Complement Management -- Chapter 21 Copy Protection Management -- Chapter 22 Signaling -- Chapter 23 Lock-In Management -- Part E The “Illegal” Information Market: Piracy -- Chapter 24 Possible Causes of Piracy -- Chapter 25 Economic Consequences of Piracy -- Chapter 26 Strategic Starting Points for Dealing with Piracy -- Glossary -- Index of Names -- Subject Index