{"product_id":"9789401058940","title":"Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a conference held by The Progress \u0026amp; Freedom Foundation in Washington, DC February 5, 1998","description":"\u003ch1\u003eCompetition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace: Proceedings of a conference held by The Progress \u0026amp; Freedom Foundation in Washington, DC February 5, 1998\u003c\/h1\u003e \u003ch2\u003eEisenach, Jeffrey A.; Lenard, Thomas M.\u003c\/h2\u003e \u003cp\u003eDo the antitrust laws have a place in the digital economy or  are they obsolete? That is the question raised by the government's  legal action against Microsoft, and it is the question this volume is  designed to answer. \u003cbr\u003e  America's antitrust laws were born out of the Industrial Revolution.  Opponents of the antitrust laws argue that whatever merit the  antitrust laws may have had in the past they have no place in a  digital economy. Rapid innovation makes the accumulation of market  power practically impossible. Markets change too quickly for antitrust  actions to keep up. And antitrust remedies are inevitably regulatory  and hence threaten to `regulate business'. \u003cbr\u003e  A different view - and, generally, the view presented in this  volume - is that antitrust law can and does have an important  and constructive role to play in the digital economy. The software  business is new, it is complex, and it is rapidly moving. Analysis of  market definition, contestibility and potential competition, the role  of innovation, network externalities, cost structures and marketing  channels present challenges for academics, policymakers and judges  alike. Evaluating consumer harm is problematic. Distinguishing between  illegal conduct and brutal - but legitimate -  competition is often difficult. \u003cbr\u003e  Is antitrust analysis up to the challenge? This volume suggests that  antitrust analysis `still works'. In stark contrast to the political  rhetoric that has surrounded much of the debate over the Microsoft  case, the articles presented here suggest neither that Microsoft is  inherently bad, nor that it deserves a \u003cem\u003ede facto\u003c\/em\u003e exemption from  the antitrust laws. Instead, they offer insights - for  policymakers, courts, practitioners, professors and students of  antitrust policy everywhere - on how antitrust analysis can be  applied to the business of making and marketing computer software.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003ch3\u003eDetails\u003c\/h3\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublished by: Springer\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePublication Date: 2012-11-05\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFormat: Paperback\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e ISBN-10: 9789401058940\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eISBN-13: 9789401058940\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDOI: 10.1007\/978-94-011-4407-0\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDimensions: 235cm x155cm\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePages: 297\u003c\/p\u003e ","brand":"Springer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":44358781599884,"sku":"9789401058940","price":153.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0710\/9545\/1788\/files\/9789401058940.jpg?v=1755114150","url":"https:\/\/fh90cf-fv.myshopify.com\/products\/9789401058940","provider":"Late Knight Books and Services, LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}