Underwriting the internet how technical advances, financial engineering, and entrepreneurial genius are building the information highway

He covers the anti-trust case against Microsoft; the successes of eBay, Amazon, Yahoo, and Google; road-kills along the information highway such as the forgotten eToys; as well as the Enron implosion and other corporate scandals. After tracing this amazing story he concludes that the illegal practic...

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Main Author: Hiraoka, Leslie S.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: London Routledge 2015
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