This category focuses on the effects of electronic commerce policy and telecommunications deregulation on business ventures in different countries. Global networks such as the internet but also multinational intranets and extranets provide new service and software firms with opportunities for global electronic commerce. The following sites address policy issues surrounding new venture internationalisation. Important aspects are not only the legal framework of global electronic commerce but also telecommunication deregulation and the promotion of venture capital.
TotalTelecom is a resource on telecommunications/ internet business and policy by EMAP Media for global communications professionals. http://www.totaltele.com/
This is the site of the Harvard Information Infrastructure Project Activities at Harvard University. The HIIP has provided a neutral, interdisciplinary forum, in both Cambridge and Washington, for addressing a wide range of emerging policy issues relating http://ksgwww.harvard.edu/iip/
An interdisciplinary research project at the University of California at Berkeley that works on issues of technology and the international economy to analyze real-world problems and offer path-breaking positions that challenge conventional economic policy http://socrates.berkeley.edu/~briewww/
A very informative website covering a wide range of network economy issues by University of California at Berkeley Professor of Economics J. Bradford De Long. Professor De Long is an economic historian and specialist in macroeconomic issues. He has also w http://econ161.Berkeley.EDU/
Dave Winer is a software developer (of the internet authoring environment UserLand). On DaveNet, Winer comments on just about anything that crosses his mind, including policy. This makes DaveNet a valuable source to see just what (the most important) part http://davenet.userland.com/
EZine by Doc Searls, Senior Editor of the Linux Journal and co-author of the book The Cluetrain Manifesto. The site is a collection of Doc's thinking, mostly on how marketing will be redefined in the future but also more broadly about the relationship bet http://www.searls.com/r2.html
Contains much of the ecomometrics works of the London professor. Also, includes on"The Weightless Economy" or better known as the information age. http://econ.lse.ac.uk/staff/dquah/
A collaborative project among colleges at the University of California, Berkeley focusing on the profound transformation being wrought by new digital technologies. http://e-conomy.berkeley.edu/
An Internet service for economists which contains an economics search engine, job openings for economists, conference calls in economics as well free alert services for the latter. http://www.inomics.com/
An Ireland-based internet consultant that has for many years provided a links and news resource on internet surveys and electronic commerce information. Especially helpful is the classic "How Many Online" section which contains an "educated guess" on how http://www.nua.ie/surveys/index.cgi
Michael Froomkin is Professor of Law at the University of Miami School of Law. He is a well-known expert on issues of Internet governance. His homepage contains valuable information related to the internet, electronic commcerce, law, economics and policy http://www.law.miami.edu/~froomkin/welcome.html
Dr. Ed Yardeni is Chief Global Economist and Investment Strategist of Deutsche Bank Securities, New York. The site includes a wealth of information regarding economics, IT and Internet, including policy pointers. http://www.yardeni.com/
Elsevier Science is the web resource for the academic publishing house Elsevier. The useful web site contains listings for publications such as Research Policy. http://www.elsevier.com/
The Business Media Homepage groups together a vast cache of information on the use of electronic networks within businesses. This research project at the Swiss University of St. Gallen was intitiated in the mid-1990s. http://www.businessmedia.org/
Tornado-Insider.Com is a comprehensive web resource for technology entrepreneurs in Europe. It is affiliated with a pan-European print magazine. http://www.tornado-insider.com/
The Tech Forum was founded by a Democrat and a Republican Senator and aims to inform about issues of technological competitiveness. It is supported by various prestigous foundations and the web site includes numerous audio files of speaking events. http://www.tech-forum.org/
Michael E. Porter, Professor at Harvard Business School, is a leading authority on competitive strategy and international competitiveness. http://www.people.hbs.edu/mporter/
Sets an agenda to encourage U.S. economic competitiveness and leadership in world markets in order to raise the standard of living for Americans. Focus is on strengthening innovation, upgrading the workforce, and benchmarking national economic performance http://www.compete.org/
