Information Economy
Information
Rules
Carl Shapiro
Hal R. Varian
Harvard Business School Press
Boston, Massachusetts
A STRATEGIC GUIDE TO
THE NETWORK ECONOMY
Copyright © 1999 Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian
All rights reserved
Printed in the United States of America
03 02 01 00 99 5 4 3 2 1
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Shapiro, Carl.
Information rules : a strategic guide to the network economy /
Carl Shapiro and Hal R. Varian.
p. cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 0-87584-863-X (alk. paper)
1. Information technology—Economic aspects. 2. Information
society. I. Varian, Hal R. II. Title.
HC79.I55S53 1998
658.4!038—dc21 98-24923
CIP
The paper used in this publication meets the requirements of the American National Standard for
Permanence of Paper for Printed Library Materials Z39.49-1984.
Contents
Preface ix
1 The Information Economy 1
2 Pricing Information 19
3 Versioning Information 53
4 Rights Management 83
5 Recognizing......
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Approximate Pages: 13 (250 words per double-spaced page)
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