Sources of Information Value : The Demise of the Telecommunications Industry and the Rise of the Information Industries

This book provides a conceptual framework to understand and analyze the decline of the telecommunications industry and the rise of information industries. This includes information distribution, banking, advertising, computing, etc. and will use a value-based perspective to show the industry shaping dynamics. The integrative framework will cover issues relevant to all information industries including network externalities, lock in and switching costs, cost structure analysis, transactions costs and infomediaries.

Joan Enric Ricart i Costa is Professor of General Management, Brian Subirana is Associate Professor, and Josep Valor-Sabatier is Professor of Information Systems, all at IESE Business School, University of Navarra, Barcelona, Spain.