Title :
Something for nothing [electronic commerce]
Author_Institution :
Technol. Assessment Group, Salinas, CA, USA
fDate :
5/1/1999 12:00:00 AM
Abstract :
The Internet lets consumers wield price comparing agents that find the best price for anything. Such perfect pricing information drives all profit from the economic system. The paper considers how electronic commerce companies have borrowed a strategy long used by print magazines: let advertising revenues support profits; the product is nothing more than an attention getter
Keywords :
Internet; electronic commerce; Internet; advertising revenues; consumers; economic system; electronic commerce; free enterprise; price comparing agents; Advertising; Companies; Costs; Gettering; Hardware; Internet telephony; Linux; Manufacturing; Recruitment; Subscriptions;
