Competition in the Digital Age
That is precisely the claim in a new report, The Economics of Online Advertising, released by ComScore CEO Magid Abraham today. Here is a summary of his claim: The very interesting thing about the online ad market is that it’s the only market where the accounting mechanism that you use will radically change the economic …
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Tomorrow the second cohort of The Next 36 will graduate. The Next 36 is a program that selects 36 keen and bright undergraduates from all over Canada, puts them in teams and gives them a big chunk of money each (from $20K - $50K) to develop a mobile app. In the process they receive business …
Justin Rao and David Reiley have a new paper in the Journal of Economic Perspectives on "The Economics of Spam." It is a very interesting read; especially for the historical overview of the phenomenon. I had the opportunity to discuss the paper at the NBER Summer Institute and so I thought I'd record my thoughts …
Does the clothesline paradox apply to information technology? There is a relationship between the clothesline paradox and digital dark matter, but there is also a subtle and important difference. It is important to keep those differences straight. It makes a difference to several contemporary policy debates. That will take some explaining. There are some terms …
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