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online resources
This
page wraps up the guide by pointing to major government,
industry and academic sites about the 'new economy'.
The separate guide on web metrics
and statistics provides a detailed coverage of internet
statistics (number of hosts, number of domains, growth in
traffic) and the digital divide. It points to sources of
metrics information.
Australian government
Australia's
National Office for the Information Economy (NOIE)
has produced a range of reports, some of value, on aspects
of electronic commerce.
There's other information at the Australian Bureau of Statistics
(ABS)
site.
The Australian Electronic Business Network (AEBN)
is a government program meant to "foster awareness
of electronic commerce among small to medium enterprises"
international
The Organisation for Economic Cooperation & Development
(OECD)
generates detailed statistical and other reports.
The World Trade Organization (WTO)
site - currently being reconstructed - provides access to
statistical data, research and international agreements
such as TRIPS.
overseas government
The website of the US government Electronic
Commerce agency contains a wealth of information about
policy-making and research initiatives in the US. The National
Science Foundation developed a large-scale database on Social
& Economic Implications of Information Technologies
(SEIIT),
unfortunately not updated after early 2000.
The US Internet Council (USIC),
comprising state and national legislators, has released
a series of annual reports on State of the Net.
The US Department of Commerce's Digital
Economy office publishes significant reports. It has
largely superseded the National Telecommunications &
Information Administration (NTIA)
and the independent National Bureau of Economic Research
(NBER)
as a major 'new economy' data source.
The US National Information Infrastructure (NII)
Virtual Library offers information about the information
superhighway, in particular as part of the Global Inventory
Project (GIP).
Statistics Canada (StatCan)
offers outstanding coverage of developments in the land
of the moose, the muskrat and the mountie. It is superior
to the UK National Statistics (NStats)
Office.
The European Community Information Society Project Office
(ISPO) has an array
of statistics, generally deeply buried.
business
The
Electronic Commerce Forum (ECF)
competes with NetCoalition.com
and the strangely named Global Information Infrastructure
(GII).
US bricks-&-mortar retailers, including the International
Council of Shopping Centers and International Mass Retail
Association, have formed the E-Fairness
Coalition, a lobby group advocating a 'level playing
field' at the state and national levels.
The Internet
Alliance, another lobby group, advertises itself as
the "premier organisation of Internet policy professionals
representing the Internet online industry" [sic] and
strongly aligned with the Direct Marketing Association of
America.
The US-based Internet Law & Policy Forum (IPF)
has a cross-border focus. Its current working groups are
dealing with self-regulation, digital signatures, content
blocking, and certificate authorities.
The Global Internet Project (GIP)
is another US-based industry-driven group, associated with
bodies such as the Global Business Dialogue for Electronic
Commerce (GBDe).
academic
resources
Among
overseas and Australian academic institutions concerned
with electronic commerce the following may be of interest
to readers of this guide.
There are extensive pointers on Hal Varian's Berkeley site. Berkeley
also hosts the E-conomy project.
The Harvard Information Infrastructure Project (HIIP)
rivals Berkeley in significance.
The Forum on Electronic Commerce (WFEC)
at the Wharton Business School of the University of Pennsylvania
has pointers to recent market studies and other research,
although much of the material is restricted to Wharton affiliates.
The eLab
at Vanderbilt University is headed by Donna Hoffman &
Tom Novak. The site includes excellent papers and numerous
links.
The Program for Research on the Information Economy (PRIE)
at the University of Michigan is headed by Jeffrey MacKie-Mason.
The
separate Hermes
project at Michigan is primarily of interest for its Web
user surveys.
MIT's eCommerce
centre offers links to a number of good studies by Ariely,
Brynjolfsson and others. It's recently been joined by the
MIT New Economy Value Research Lab (NEVRL).
Router giant and other businesses have heavily supported
the University of Texas's Internet Economy Indicators Project,
noted for its biannual 'state of the nation' reports (now
being cloned by Monash University.
news
This site includes a multi-page profile on internet news
sources.
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