Government regulation of information based product markets: the case of computer software
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Table of contents
List of figures viii
one Introduction 1
1.1 The role of government: diverging assessments 3
1.1.1 Eastern Europe from plan to market 3
1.1.2 More market in Europe and the United States of America 4
1.1.3 Asia growth through government 4
1.1.4 The policy debate 5
1.1.5 A battle of paradigms 6
1.2 The information revolution and the regulation dilemma 8
1.2.1 The information revolution 8
1.2.2 The coming of post industriality 9
1.2.3 The case of computer software 10
1.2.4 From software to the information economy 11
1.3 Thesis and structure of the argument 12
1.4 Remarks on methodology 14
1.4.1 Economics between neo classics and evolution 14
1.4.1.1 The logic of deduction 15
1.4.1.2 Assessing changing systems institutional and evolutionary economics 16
1.4.1.3 Economics as a Kuhnian paradigm battle 17
1.4.2 Perception and truth 17
1.4.3 Prescription in economics 18
1.4.4 Future and uncertainty 19
1.4.5 Scientific methodology used in the essay 20
1.4.6 Further remarks 20
two Information in economic systems 21
2.1 What is information ? 22
2.1.1 Information and knowledge 22
2.1.2 Organisation and value 23
2.1.3 Knowledge production 24
2.1.4 Related concepts 24
2.1.5 Understanding of knowledge and information in this essay 26
2.2 Information in economic systems 27
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2.2.1 Information as resource, commodity and communication 27
2.2.2 Information based products 28
2.2.3 Information as good or service 30
2.3 Characteristics of information 32
2.4 Conclusion 36
three Theories of regulation 37
3.1 Market and plan competing allocation systems 38
3.1.1 Allocation systems 38
3.1.2 Performance criteria 39
3.2 Neo classical arguments for market regulation 43
3.2.1 The objective of Pareto optimality 43
3.2.2 The neo classical understanding of production 45
3.2.3 The market regulation argument 46
3.2.3.1 Deceasing costs 47
3.2.3.2 Externalities and public goods 47
3.3.2.3 Market imperfections information imperfections and risk 49
3.2.4 Industrial regulation to correct market failure 50
3.2.5 Neo classical regulation of information 51
3.2.6 A critique of neo classical regulation theory 52
3.3 Regulation in evolutionary economics 55
3.3.1 Foundations of evolutionary economics 55
3.3.2 Elements of evolutionary analysis 57
3.3.2.1 Systems 57
3.3.2.2 Survival and efficiency 58
3.3.2.3 Differentiation 59
3.3.2.4 Competition and selection 59
3.3.2.5 Inheritance and genetic transmission (replication) 60
3.3.2.6 Two layers of reality 60
3.3.2.7 Populations 60
3.3.2.8 Systems openness, irreversibility and path dependence 61
3.3.2.9 Interactions 62
3.3.3 Organisation and information in the evolutionary perspective 62
3.3.4 Evolutionary arguments for regulation 64
3.3.4.1 Self regulation 64
3.3.4.2 Limits to regulation 68
3.3.4.3 Scope for nation state level regulation 71
3.3.5 A critique of regulation in evolutionary economics 72
3.4 (Supra )National approaches to regulation 74
3.4.1 Industrial regulation within the total policy framework 74
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3.4.2 Instruments of industrial regulation 75
3.4.2.1 Technology and innovation policy 75
3.4.2.2 (Intellectual) property right protection 76
3.4.2.3 Competition policy 77
3.4.2.4 Trade policy 77
3.4.3 Levels of industrial regulation 78
3.4.4 (Supra )National approaches to industrial regulation 79
3.4.4.1 USA 80
3.4.4.2 Japan 84
3.4.4.3 Europe (European Union) 87
3.5 Summary 91
3.5.1 Practical approaches to regulation 91
3.5.2 Academic approaches to regulation 93
3.5.3 Paradigmatic approaches to regulation 94
four Regulation of computer software 95
4.1 Technical aspects of software 96
4.1.1 A definition of software 96
4.1.2 Functions of software 96
4.1.3 Software and hardware 98
4.1.4 The software development process 100
4.1.5 Standardisation and packaging of software 103
4.1.6 Software as an information based product 104
4.2 The software industry 106
4.2.1 The history of the software industry 106
4.2.2 Software as an emerging industry 107
4.2.3 Structure of software supply 108
4.2.4 Software markets 110
4.2.5 Major market trends Ill
4.2.6 Summary: the structure of the software industry 116
4.3 Regulation of computer software 117
4.3.1 Methodological remarks: Assessing government regulatory influence 117
4.3.2 Global arrangements 119
4.3.2.1 Industrial and technological targeting 119
4.3.2.2 Intellectual property protection 120
4.3.2.3 International trade agreements 121
4.3.3 Software regulation in the USA 123
4.3.3.1 Software market and suppliers 123
4.3.3.2 Scope and agents of industrial policy 125
4.3.3.3 Technology support programmes 126
4.3.3.4 Property rights protection 129
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4.3.3.5 Competition policy 130
4.3.3.6 Trade policy 133
4.3.4 Software regulation in Japan 133
4.3.4.1 Software markets and supply 133
4.3.4.2 IT and software specific policies and programmes 135
4.3.4.3 Property rights protection 144
4.3.4.4 Competition policy 144
4.3.4.5 Other policies 144
4.3.5 European Union (European Communities) 145
4.3.5.1 Software markets 145
4.3.5.2 National markets and policies 147
4.3.5.3 Europe wide policies 150
4.3.5.4 Property rights protection 156
4.3.5.5 Competition policy 157
4.4 Regulation of software markets: summary and conclusion 158
4.4.1 Structure of the industry 158
4.4.2 Regulation approaches to software markets 159
4.4.3 Paradigmatic approaches to software regulation 162
4.4.4 Computer software as a virtual good ? 167
five The information economy and the regulation
of information markets 169
5.1 The informatisation of economic activities 171
5.1.1 Goods and services 171
5.1.2 Information based industries 172
5.1.2.1 Dematerialisation of economic activities 173
5.1.2.2 Information industries 173
5.2 Views on the information society 174
5.2.1 Bell s post industrial society 176
5.2.2 The information economy according to Stonier 177
5.2.3 The information economy according to Reich 180
5.2.4 Conclusion: Claims on the information economy 183
5.3 The network structure of information markets 185
5.3.1 Information markets as networks 185
5.3.2 Enabling technologies 187
5.3.2.1 Decentral information processing 187
5.3.2.2 Intelligent systems 189
5.3.2.3 Open systems and connection standardisation 190
5.3.3 An inventory of physical networks 191
5.3.3.1 Foreshadowing information markets: Videotext systems 191
5.3.3.2 INTERNET 192
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5.3.3.3 ISDN and other value added communication networks 193
5.3.3.4 The National Information Infrastructure (Information Superhighway) 194
5.3.4 Summary 195
5.4 Network based information commerce 196
5.4.1 Miller and Drexler s computational markets 196
5.4.2 Categories of network traded information 199
5.4.3 Information market structures 200
5.4.3.1 Private suppliers 200
5.4.3.2 Public (network) goods 203
5.4.3.3 The competitive outcome of information markets 204
5.4.4 Network information markets and the information economy 207
5.5 Government regulation in network economies 208
5.5.1 Providing the physical network 208
5.5.2 Government as a network manager 209
5.5.3 Promoting competition of networks 210
5.5.4 Providing public information goods 210
six Government and the regulation of information
concluding remarks 213
6.1 Information as an economic good 214
6.2 The structure of the information economy 216
6.3 The understanding of government 217
6.4 The role of government in the information economy 219
6.4.1 Macro economic policy 219
6.4.2 The provision of public goods 220
6.4.3 Promoting efficient competition 221
6.5 Conclusion 224
References 225
App. A Main events in the evolution of the us software industry. 256
App. B Protection of computer software in selected countries.... 260
Glossary and abbreviations 267
Literature 273
Curriculum 289
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