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Record Nr.

UNINA9910777937103321

Autore

Evans David S (David Sparks), <1954->

Titolo

Paying with plastic : the digital revolution in buying and borrowing / / David S. Evans and Richard Schmalensee

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Cambridge, Mass., : MIT Press, ©2005

ISBN

0-262-27243-1

Edizione

[2nd ed.]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (384 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

SchmalenseeRichard

Disciplina

332.7/65/0973

Soggetti

Credit cards - United States

Bank credit cards - United States

Electronic funds transfers - United States

Electronic commerce - United States

Consumer credit - United States

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents; Preface; Acknowledgments; 1 - Plastic Cards; 2 - From Seashells to Electrons; 3 - More Than Money; 4 - From Gourmets to the Masses; 5 - From Sardi's to Saks.com; 6 - It Takes Two to Tango; 7 - Co-opetition and the Payment Card Ecosystem; 8 - System Wars; 9 - Issuer Brawls; 10 - Backroom Battles; 11 - The Antitrust Wars; 12 - On the Brink; 13 - And They Don't Take Cash; Sources and Notes; Selected Bibliography; Index

Sommario/riassunto

Annotation