Competition, Innovation and the Microsoft Monopoly: Antitrust in the Digital Marketplace Proceedings of a conference held by The Progress & Freedom Foundation in Washington, DC February 5, 1998

Do 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. America's antitrust laws were born out of the Industrial Revolution. Opp...

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Other Authors: Eisenach, Jeffrey A. (Editor), Lenard, Thomas M. (Editor)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Dordrecht Springer Netherlands 1999, 1999
Edition:1st ed. 1999
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Collection: Springer Book Archives -2004 - Collection details see MPG.ReNa
Table of Contents:
  • 1 Introduction and Overview
  • 2 Antitrust in the Digital Age
  • 3 Antitrust in Software Markets
  • 4 Is Heightened Antitrust Scrutiny Appropriate for Software Markets?
  • 5 Using Leverage to Preserve Monopoly Discussion of Katz and Shapiro Paper
  • 6 Access and Bundling in High-Technology Markets
  • 7 Comment on Ordover and Willig
  • 8 Microsoft And Browsers: Are the Antitrust Problems Really New?
  • 9 New Modes of Competition: Implications for the Future Structure of the Computer Industry
  • 10 Competition, Compatibility, and Vertical Integration In the Computing Industry
  • 11 Microsoft’s Use of Zero Price Bundling to Fight the “Browser Wars ”
  • 12 Digital Convergence?
  • 13 Comment on Flamm