1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910449709903321

Autore

Shy Oz

Titolo

The economics of network industries / / Oz Shy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2001

ISBN

1-107-71356-0

1-280-15935-9

0-511-11929-1

0-511-04138-1

0-511-15650-2

0-511-32545-2

0-511-75440-X

0-511-04751-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (xiii, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)

Disciplina

303.48/33

Soggetti

Computer industry

Computer networks

Electronic data interchange

Electronic commerce

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Cover; Half-title; Title; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; Preface; Chapter 1 Introduction to Network Economics; Chapter 2 The Hardware Industry; Chapter 3 The Software Industry; Chapter 4 Technology Advance and Standardization; Chapter 5 Telecommunication; Chapter 6 Broadcasting; Chapter 7 Markets for Information; Chapter 8 Banks and Money; Chapter 9 The Airline Industry; Chapter 10 Social Interaction; Chapter 11 Other Networks; Appendix A Normal-Form Games; Appendix B Extensive-Form Games; Appendix C Undercut-Proof Equilibria; Index

Sommario/riassunto

This book introduces upper-level undergraduates, graduate students, and researchers to the latest developments in network economics, one of the fastest-growing fields in all industrial organization. Network industries include the Internet, e-mail, telephony, computer hardware



and software, music and video players, and service operations in the banking, legal, and airlines industries among many others. The work offers an overview of the subject matter as well as investigations about specific industries. It conveys the essential features of how strategic interactions between firms are affected by network activity, as well as covering social interaction and its influence on consumers' choices of products and services. Virtually no calculus is used in the text, and each chapter ends with a series of exercises and selected references. The text may be used for both one- and two-semester courses.

2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910450235203321

Titolo

Structural biological materials [[electronic resource] ] : design and structure-property relationships / / edited by Manuel Elices

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Pergamon, 2000

ISBN

1-281-04597-7

9786611045975

0-08-054190-9

Edizione

[1st ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (379 p.)

Collana

Pergamon materials series ; ; v. 4

Altri autori (Persone)

ElicesManuel

Disciplina

610/.28

Soggetti

Biomedical materials

Electronic books.

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Nota di contenuto

Front Cover; Structural Biological Materials: Design and Structure-Property Relationships; Copyright Page; Series Preface; Acknowledgements; List of Contributors; Introduction; Contents; PART 1: GENERAL CONCEPTS; Chapter 1. Structure-Property Relationships in Biological Materials; Chapter 2. Design and Function of Structural Biological Materials; PART 2: HARD TISSUE ENGINEERING; Chapter 3. Structure and Mechanical Properties of Bone; PART 3: SOFT TISSUE ENGINEERING; Chapter 4. Structure-Properties of Soft Tissues. Articular Cartilage



Chapter 5. Bioartificial Implants: Design and Tissue EngineeringChapter 6. Mechanical Characterisation of Tendons in Vitro; Chapter 7. Biomimicking Materials with Smart Polymers; PART 4: ENGINEERING WITH FIBERS; Chapter 8. Biological Fibrous Materials; Chapter 9. Computer Model for the Mechanical Properties of Fibers; Chapter 10. Silk Fibers: Origins, Nature and Consequences of Structure; Chapter 11. Modeling of the Stress-Strain Behaviour of Spider Dragline; Glossary; Subject Index

Sommario/riassunto

The ongoing process of bio-evolution has produced materials which are perfectly adapted to fulfil a specific functional role. The natural world provides us with a multitude of examples of materials with durability, strength, mechanisms of programmed self-assembly and biodegradability.  The materials industry has sought to observe and appreciate the relationship between structure, properties and function of these biological materials.  A multidisciplinary approach, building on recent advances at the forefront of physics, chemistry and molecular biology, has been successful in producin