1.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910780704303321

Autore

Arthur W. Brian

Titolo

Increasing Returns and Path Dependence in the Economy [[electronic resource]]

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Ann Arbor, : University of Michigan Press, 2009

ISBN

1-282-42357-6

9786612423574

0-472-02240-7

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (225 p.)

Collana

Economics, Cognition, And Society

Disciplina

330/.01/51

Soggetti

Economic development -- Mathematical models

Economics, Mathematical

Economies of scale -- Mathematical models

Electronic books. -- local

Economies of scale - Mathematical models

Economic development - Mathematical models

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di contenuto

Contents ; Foreword ; Preface ; Acknowledgments ; 1. Positive Feed backs in the Economy ; 2. Competing Technologies, Increasing Returns, and Lock-in By Historical Small Events; 3. Path-Dependent Processes and the Emergence of Macrostructure ; 4. Industry Location Patterns and the Importance of History; 5. Information Contagion ; 6.  Urban Systems And Historical Path Dependence; 7. Self-Reinforcing Mechanisms in Economics ; 8.  Path Dependence, Self-Reinforcement, and Human Learning; 9. Strategic Pricing in Markets with Increasing Returns

10. Strong Laws for a Class of Path-Dependent Stochastic Processes

Sommario/riassunto

Pioneering work on an important new approach to economics.



2.

Record Nr.

UNINA9910778382103321

Titolo

Social security administration electronic service provision [[electronic resource] ] : a strategic assessment / / Leon J. Osterweil, Lynette I. Millett, and Joan D. Winston, editors ; Committee on the Social Security Administration's E-Government Strategy and Planning for the Future, Computer Science and Telecommunications Board, Division on Engineering and Physical Sciences, National Research Council of the National Academies

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Washington, D.C., : National Academies Press, c2007

ISBN

0-309-17917-3

1-280-96911-3

9786610969111

0-309-66735-6

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (175 p.)

Altri autori (Persone)

OsterweilLeon

MillettLynette I

WinstonJoan D

Disciplina

352.3

Soggetti

Internet in public administration - United States - Evaluation

Electronic government information - United States - Evaluation

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.

Nota di contenuto

""Front Matter""; ""Preface""; ""Acknowledgment of Reviewers""; ""Contents""; ""Summary""; ""1 Background and Current Context""; ""2 Lessons from Electronic Services in Financial Institutions""; ""3 The Social Security Administration�s Information Technology�Present and Future""; ""4 Toward Organizational Transformation for Electronic Service Delivery""; ""Appendixes""; ""A Committee and Staff Biographies""; ""B Panelists and Briefers at Open Committee Meetings""; ""C Social Security Administration Major Office Missions""; ""D Overview of Selected Legislation Pertaining to E-Government""

""E A Short History of E-Government""