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Lacey's Paper Round
News The music industry must come to terms with a problem more serious than the threat from various digital distribution channels, that it cannot control, writes The Economist. The Economist, October 31, 1998
[November 3, 1998, 16:20]
Index Ranks Most-competitive IT Countries
News The US grabbed the top spot, with Japan coming second and South Korea third, according to the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). A recent IT industry competitiveness index has found that the UK has the fourth most competitive IT industry.
[July 12, 2007, 9:31]
IT. The Senior Executive Agenda
White Papers Written in co-operation with the Economist Intelligence Unit, the paper examines the tools and strategies used by senior executives to improve performance. Oracle’s integrated suite of web-based software applications is driving performance and...
[January 25, 2007, 11:46]
Economist Testifies On Microsoft Remedy
News Without stiff controls on its business practices, Microsoft will continue to maintain "an applications barrier to entry" that significantly thwarts competition in the software market, an economist testified in federal court on Thursday.
[April 12, 2002, 7:31]
Microsoft Antitrust Debate Heats Up
News The organisation filed 85 pages of comment with an affidavit from Nobel-prize winning economist Kenneth Arrow. Last week, AOL subsidiary Netscape joined the fray, filing suit to recover damages resulting from Microsoft's anti-competitive actions...
[January 29, 2002, 8:57]
Growing Businesses Make The Most Of IT
News Separate research by the Economist Intelligence Unit supports this view, showing that better performing medium-sized companies attach more importance to technology than their counterparts. Dan Armstrong, senior editor at the Economist Intelligence...
[September 26, 2007, 12:32]
Compliance: Aligning IT And Strategic Goals
News But according to a new report from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU), the future will see that burden on IT grow even more. The nature of IT's role in compliance varies widely among companies, but it's clear that growing regulatory requirements...
[May 27, 2005, 12:05]
Hollywood Heads Up Anti-piracy Charge
News We're here to defend intellectual property," said Jim DeLong, an economist at CEI. They convened for the half-day event, featuring speakers from Microsoft, Eli Lilly, and the Association for Competitive Technology, to argue that intellectual...
[July 23, 2002, 8:14]
Microsoft On Trial: Microsoft Wants Case Dropped...
News As he had for the past several days, Microsoft lawyer Michael Lacovara continued to pick at the 90 pages of direct testimony submitted last week by former DoJ economist Frederick Warren-Boulton. Lacovara asked Warren-Boulton to name one...
[November 25, 1998, 11:59]
Lacey's Paper Round
News The Economist, November 28, 1998. The heavyweights get their teeth into this one with The Economist and Business Week both featuring it on the front page. The Economist is not persuaded by this argument.
[November 30, 1998, 10:31]
Microsoft On Trial: 'Living In A Microsoft World'
News The final government witness in the Microsoft antitrust trial, MIT economist Franklin M. The fact that software generally can be quite competitive doesn't mean that the market for operating systems is competitive," he said.
[January 13, 1999, 9:54]
Vonage And Verizon Go Head-to-head In Court
News In the morning, a Verizon company executive described perceived losses caused by Vonage's existence, and an economist hired by Verizon suggested the leading internet phone provider should owe nearly $200m if the jury rules against it.
[February 28, 2007, 8:17]
MS Vs US - A Fight To The Finish
News Both sides assessed the 33 witnesses in the remedy hearing and gave their opinions on what key witnesses, such as states' economist Carl Shapiro or Microsoft Chairman Bill Gates, contributed. These competitors seek to use this remedy proceeding to...
[June 11, 2002, 10:40]
Netscape-AOL Merger Could Affect Microsoft Trial
News During the cross-examination of Frederick Warren-Boulton, Microsoft attorneys tried to get the economist to acknowledge that the possible deal reflected a dynamic marketplace where leaders in the browser and Internet service spaces could band...
[November 24, 1998, 9:56]
Oracle Judge Seeks Expert Technology Advice
News Although the type of expert was not disclosed in a Friday filing, US District Judge Vaughn Walker may seek technology and economist experts, given his previous comments in court. He also noted the large gap that exists between the Justice...
[March 16, 2004, 9:35]
Microsoft On Trial: MS 'crossed The Line' Says Economist
News As a prominent economist and past president of the American Econometric Society, his testimony could lend intellectual rigor to a case that has largely relied on an extended series of anecdotes from business executives and the Justice Department's...
[January 6, 1999, 11:57]
Microsoft On Trial: MS Gets Technical...
News If Microsoft's first witness -- Richard Schmalensee, acting dean of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology's Sloan School of Management -- fails to offset the testimony of the government's star economist, MIT's Franklin Fisher, any type of...
[January 11, 1999, 16:25]
Microsoft On Trial: Judge Closes Hearing
News Department of Justice plans to bring up the pricing during the testimony of its final witness, Massachusetts Institute of Technology economist Franklin M. A transcript edited to remove competitive secrets will be released following the hearing.
[January 12, 1999, 10:07]
Techno-Economics
Blog I haven’t spent much time reading the Economist since I studied the subject for my degree. However, when I caught sight this week of an Economist Intelligence Unit report sponsored by Oracle I was briefly tempted back into the fold.
[November 26, 2007, 13:44]
China And India Losing Cost Advantage
News With rising costs eroding their low-cost advantage, Asian powerhouses China and India will need to find alternatives that can help maintain their edge in the technology space, says a new report by the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU).
[July 12, 2007, 13:30]
