The Konrad Connection
An ex-student contacted me about his reading on eBusiness. I tracked books on my shelves that seemed relevant and came up ith this response below. Does anyone out there have suggestions for further texts or papers that they feel should be added?
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Dear Konrad,
Re: Post at www.brunelphd.blogspot.com dated Tuesday 24 October 2006 entitled Monopolies in the Digital Age.
This is a most interesting post. It makes some interesting points, but sadly, without any reference to the literature. Since this is an interesting area it is important that you read around it in a fairly full fashion. Below I give four Google/Web books, and then five Business books. These are all very readable, in my view. They should widen your awareness in this area.
Google/Web books
Vise, David (2005) The Google Story, Macmillan, London, 2005
Batelle, John (2005) The Search, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London, 2005
Anderson, Chris (2006) The Long Tail, Random House, London, 2006
Goldsmith, Jack and Wu, Tim (2006) Who Controls the Internet? Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.
Business books
Kelly, Kevin (1998) New Rules for the New Economy, Viking Penguin, London, 1998
Surowiecki, James (2005) The Wisdom of Crowds, Abacus Books, London, 2005
Handy, Charles (1996) Beyond Certainty, Arrow Books, London, 1996 [ Particularly Chapter 4 “What is a company for?”. This was reproduced in the Harvard Business Review – check it out with Google scholar – and is an answer that supports in a more gentle way Bakus thesis as expressed in “The Corporation” It introduces and supports the idea of “stakeholders” in a company, as well as shareholders.]
Handy, Charles (1988) Understanding Organisations (3rd edn.), Penguin, London, 1988
Rahn, Richard (1999) The End of Money, Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA. [This text is situated in the digital age yet refers to famous economists and politicians in the past.]
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Dr Brian Morris
27 November 2006
::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::: rsponse to the student ::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::::
Dear Konrad,
Re: Post at www.brunelphd.blogspot.com dated Tuesday 24 October 2006 entitled Monopolies in the Digital Age.
This is a most interesting post. It makes some interesting points, but sadly, without any reference to the literature. Since this is an interesting area it is important that you read around it in a fairly full fashion. Below I give four Google/Web books, and then five Business books. These are all very readable, in my view. They should widen your awareness in this area.
Google/Web books
Vise, David (2005) The Google Story, Macmillan, London, 2005
Batelle, John (2005) The Search, Nicholas Brealey Publishing, London, 2005
Anderson, Chris (2006) The Long Tail, Random House, London, 2006
Goldsmith, Jack and Wu, Tim (2006) Who Controls the Internet? Oxford University Press, Oxford, 2006.
Business books
Kelly, Kevin (1998) New Rules for the New Economy, Viking Penguin, London, 1998
Surowiecki, James (2005) The Wisdom of Crowds, Abacus Books, London, 2005
Handy, Charles (1996) Beyond Certainty, Arrow Books, London, 1996 [ Particularly Chapter 4 “What is a company for?”. This was reproduced in the Harvard Business Review – check it out with Google scholar – and is an answer that supports in a more gentle way Bakus thesis as expressed in “The Corporation” It introduces and supports the idea of “stakeholders” in a company, as well as shareholders.]
Handy, Charles (1988) Understanding Organisations (3rd edn.), Penguin, London, 1988
Rahn, Richard (1999) The End of Money, Discovery Institute, Seattle, WA. [This text is situated in the digital age yet refers to famous economists and politicians in the past.]
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Dr Brian Morris
27 November 2006
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