Based on the column of the same name featured in IEEE Micro, author Shane Greenstein focuses on a variety of topics, including the adoption of the Internet by households and business, growth of commercial Internet access networks, the industrial economics of platforms, and changes in communications policy. http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/micro-economics Copyright ©2011, IEEE, Inc. All rights reserved. http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss en-us Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:39:03 -0700 avmedia@computer.org Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:37:56 -0700 avmedia@computer.org FeedForAll v2.0 (2.0.3.1) http://www.feedforall.com The podcasts focus on a variety of topics, including the adoption of the Internet by households and business, growth of commercial Internet access networks, the industrial economics of platforms, and changes in communications policy. Based on the column of the same name featured in IEEE Micro, author Shane Greenstein focuses on a variety of topics, including the adoption of the Internet by households and business, growth of commercial Internet access networks, the industrial economics of platforms, and changes in communications policy. IEEE Computer Society IEEE Computer Society avmedia@computer.org economics, computing, technology news no no http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/MicroEconomicsLogos-144x144.jpg http://www.computer.org/portal/web/computingnow/micro-economics Based on the column of the same name featured in IEEE Micro, author Shane Greenstein focuses on a variety of topics, including the adoption of the Internet by households and business, growth of commercial Internet access networks, the industrial economics of platforms, and changes in communications policy. 144 144 This podcast discusses the Open Internet Access Order adopted by the FCC and debated by both Net neutrality advocates and Tea Party supporters. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0015-p.mp3 Fri, 29 Jun 2012 08:37:56 -0700 Micro Economics This podcast discusses the Open Internet Access Order adopted by the FCC and debated by both Net neutrality advocates and Tea Party supporters. This podcast discusses the Open Internet Access Order adopted by the FCC and debated by both Net neutrality advocates and Tea Party supporters. 12:40 IEEE Computer Society Open Internet Access Order, Net neutrality, House Joint Resolution 37, broadband, broadband regulation no no This podcast addresses regulatory capture, examining when the regulatory environment works in spite of it due to the presence of an honest policy wonk. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0014-p.mp3 Wed, 13 Jun 2012 08:26:58 -0700 Micro Economics This podcast addresses regulatory capture, examining when the regulatory environment works in spite of it due to the presence of an honest policy wonk. This podcast addresses regulatory capture, examining when the regulatory environment works in spite of it due to the presence of an honest policy wonk. 12:26 IEEE Computer Society regulatory capture, honest policy wonks no no This podcast explores Steve Jobs' entrepreneurship and impact, covering various successes and setbacks over his career. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0013-p.mp3 Fri, 2 Mar 2012 13:22:58 -0800 Micro Economics This podcast explores Steve Jobs' entrepreneurship and impact, covering various successes and setbacks over his career. This podcast explores Steve Jobs' entrepreneurship and impact, covering various successes and setbacks over his career. 12:43 IEEE Computer Society Steve Jobs, Apple, entrepreneurship no no This podcast explores how growth in broadband usage has positively spilled into other online markets, creating growth spillovers. It explores the geographic direction of those growth spillovers from broadband to online retailers and advertising-supported media to determine to whom and to where the positive gains flowed. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0012-p.mp3 Fri, 3 Feb 2012 09:15:35 -0800 Micro Economics This podcast explores how growth in broadband usage has positively spilled into other online markets, creating growth spillovers. This podcast explores how growth in broadband usage has positively spilled into other online markets, creating growth spillovers. It explores the geographic direction of those growth spillovers from broadband to online retailers and advertising-supported media to determine to whom and to where the positive gains flowed. 12:35 IEEE Computer Society growth spillover, broadband, online retailers, advertising-supported media, electronic commerce, positive gains no no Shane Greenstein explores instances of "digital dark matter," or important building blocks of the digital economy that contribute value and new functionality, but which are nonpecuniary and so aren't measured directly or recorded in GDP. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0011-p.mp3 Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:34:33 -0800 Micro Economics Shane Greenstein explores instances of "digital dark matter," or important building blocks of the digital economy that contribute value and new functionality, but which are nonpecuniary and so aren't measured directly or recorded in GDP. Shane Greenstein explores instances of "digital dark matter," or important building blocks of the digital economy that contribute value and new functionality, but which are nonpecuniary and so aren't measured directly or recorded in GDP. 12:39 IEEE Computer Society digital economy, digital dark matter, nonpecuniary transactions, investment, value no no Many governments today, especially outside the US, are considering making large subsidies for broadband. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0010-p.mp3 Fri, 28 Oct 2011 08:36:56 -0700 Micro Economics Many governments today, especially outside the US, are considering making large subsidies for broadband. Many governments today, especially outside the US, are considering making large subsidies for broadband. Some governments, such as South Korea's, have already done so, making next-generation broadband widely available. 13:02 IEEE Computer Society next-generation Internet, broadband, rural broadband, wire-line broadband, subsidies no no It has become fashionable among Internet and Web watchers to notice threats on the horizon to the open Web. Economics tends not to take such an alarmist approach to the future of the Web, viewing it with more equanimity or acquiescence, depending on your perspective. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0009-p.mp3 Wed, 14 Sep 2011 12:56:46 -0700 Micro Economics It has become fashionable among Internet and Web watchers to notice threats on the horizon to the open Web. Economics tends not to take such an alarmist approach to the future of the Web, viewing it with more equanimity or acquiescence. It has become fashionable among Internet and Web watchers to notice threats on the horizon to the open Web. Economics tends not to take such an alarmist approach to the future of the Web, viewing it with more equanimity or acquiescence, depending on your perspective. 12:41 IEEE Computer Society Internet, World Wide Web, economics no no Often, the simplest economic questions are the hardest to answer. Consider this: How much economic value did the massive decline in the cost of digitization in the last two decades create? http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0008-p.mp3 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 14:47:11 -0700 Micro Economics Often, the simplest economic questions are the hardest to answer. Consider this: How much economic value did the massive decline in the cost of digitization in the last two decades create? Often, the simplest economic questions are the hardest to answer. Consider this: How much economic value did the massive decline in the cost of digitization in the last two decades create? 10:04 IEEE Computer Society Internet, World Wide Web, value creation, online shopping, e-commerce, Web applications, broadband no no Modern computing markets need standards to function. In this podcast, Shane Greenstein counts five distinct ways public standards coordinate market behavior. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0007-p.mp3 Fri, 15 Jul 2011 14:44:53 -0700 Micro Economics Modern computing markets need standards to function. In this podcast, Shane Greenstein counts five distinct ways public standards coordinate market behavior. Modern computing markets need standards to function. In this podcast, Shane Greensteing counts five distinct ways public standards coordinate market behavior. 11:31 IEEE Computer Society economics, hardware, standardization, public standards no no To have a large impact, bleeding-edge mass market standards must do two things: diffuse widely and provide new functionality. In this podcast, Shane Greenstein discusses the determination of new standards in mass markets, an event that shapes such paradoxical outcomes and hence market structure and firm strategy. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0006-p.mp3 Tue, 14 Jun 2011 12:13:34 -0700 Micro Economics To have a large impact, bleeding-edge mass market standards must do two things: diffuse widely and provide new functionality. In this podcast, Shane Greenstein discusses the determination of new standards in mass markets. To have a large impact, bleeding-edge mass market standards must do two things: diffuse widely and provide new functionality. In this podcast, Shane Greenstein discusses the determination of new standards in mass markets, an event that shapes such paradoxical outcomes and hence market structure and firm strategy. 13:16 IEEE Computer Society economics, standardization, mass-market technologies, IETF, ISO no no After its first dozen years, Google possesses some economic similarities to Microsoft at age 15, as well as a few key differences. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/micro-econ/me-0005-p.mp3 Tue, 24 May 2011 09:31:12 -0700 Micro Economics After its first dozen years, Google possesses some economic similarities to Microsoft at age 15, as well as a few key differences. After its first dozen years, Google possesses some economic similarities to Microsoft at age 15, as well as a few key differences. 13:15 IEEE Computer Society economics, Google, Microsoft, business development, legal issues no no The Internet has been called a "network of networks." Although the phrase once had meaning, it is misleading today. It does not reflect how commercial behavior has shaped the Internet's evolution. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0004-p.mp3 Tue, 19 Apr 2011 08:37:32 -0700 Micro Economics The Internet has been called a "network of networks." Although the phrase once had meaning, it is misleading today. It does not reflect how commercial behavior has shaped the Internet's evolution. The Internet has been called a "network of networks." Although the phrase once had meaning, it is misleading today. It does not reflect how commercial behavior has shaped the Internet's evolution. 12:21 IEEE Computer Society Internet platforms, commercial Internet no no For some time the blogosphere has made a ruckus over Google's growing power in the commercial Web. Such concerns probably would have arisen even if the world's developed economies were not in the midst of a painful macroeconomic nadir. In such dismal conditions, however, this extraordinary young firm's wealth makes it a natural target for envy and scrutiny. Is it a problem when a fabulously wealthy firm uses its money to explore grand new projects? If there is an economic problem, it is this: the firm has too much money. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0003-p.mp3 Thu, 10 Mar 2011 13:13:18 -0700 Micro Economics In such dismal economic conditions, Google's wealth makes it a natural target for envy and scrutiny. Is it a problem when a fabulously wealthy firm uses its money to explore grand new projects? For some time the blogosphere has made a ruckus over Google's growing power in the commercial Web. Such concerns probably would have arisen even if the world's developed economies were not in the midst of a painful macroeconomic nadir. In such dismal conditions, however, this extraordinary young firm's wealth makes it a natural target for envy and scrutiny. Is it a problem when a fabulously wealthy firm uses its money to explore grand new projects? If there is an economic problem, it is this: the firm has too much money. 10:53 IEEE Computer Society Google, commercial Web, Web applications, economics, Google Books no no Ubiquitous and inexpensive information technology supports the poetry of our age. It's being written every moment of every day by teenagers, soccer moms, and professionals. The results are mostly farce, occasionally tragic, and rarely private. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0002-p.mp3 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 13:13:18 -0700 Micro Economics Ubiquitous and inexpensive information technology supports the poetry of our age. It's being written every moment of every day by teenagers, soccer moms, and professionals. The results are mostly farce, occasionally tragic, and rarely private. Ubiquitous and inexpensive information technology supports the poetry of our age. It's being written every moment of every day by teenagers, soccer moms, and professionals. The results are mostly farce, occasionally tragic, and rarely private. 10:27 IEEE Computer Society social networking, mobile computing, Web 2.0, tech news no no A revolution has largely gone unnoticed. Since 1994, the US has assigned spectrum for mobile telephony through auctions instead of the traditional regulatory mechanisms. The transition from analog to digital television has freed up additional spectrum, giving the FCC the opportunity to set up an auction in the 700-MHz range. That spectrum auction ended in March 2008. The spectrum went into use in June 2009, after analog television retires. http://feeds.feedburner.com/micro-econ Technology: Tech News http://media.computer.org/sponsored/podcast/microeconomics/me-0001-p.mp3 Mon, 18 Oct 2010 11:03:50 -0700 Micro Economics The transition from analog to digital television has freed up additional spectrum, giving the FCC the opportunity to set up an auction in the 700-MHz range. A revolution has largely gone unnoticed. Since 1994, the US has assigned spectrum for mobile telephony through auctions instead of the traditional regulatory mechanisms. The transition from analog to digital television has freed up additional spectrum, giving the FCC the opportunity to set up an auction in the 700-MHz range. That spectrum auction ended in March 2008. The spectrum went into use in June 2009, after analog television retires. 12:54 IEEE Computer Society economics, telephony, spectrum allocation, tech news no no