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100 _aFzrachi Ariel
245 _aVirtual competition : The promise and perils of the algorithm-driven economy
260 _aCambridge
_bHarvard University Press
_c2016
300 _a356p
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365 _b Rs. 2,407
505 _aTable of Contents Preface I. Setting the Scene 1. The Promise of a Better Competitive Environment 2. New Economic Reality: The Rise of Big Data and Big Analytics 3. Light Touch Antitrust 4. Looking beyond the Façade of Competition II. The Collusion Scenarios 5. The Messenger Scenario 6. Hub and Spoke 7. Tacit Collusion on Steroids: The Predictable Agent 8. Artificial Intelligence, God View, and the Digital Eye III. Behavioral Discrimination 9. Price Discrimination (Briefly) Explained 10. The Age of Perfect Price Discrimination? 11. The Rise of “Almost Perfect” Behavioral Discrimination 12. Behavioral Discrimination: Economic and Social Perspectives 13. The Comparison Intermediaries IV. Frenemies 14. The Dynamic Interplay among Frenemies 15. Extraction and Capture 16. “Why Invite an Arsonist to Your Home?”: Understanding the Frenemy Mentality 17. The Future of Frenemy: The Rise of Personal Assistants V. Intervention 18. To Regulate or Not to Regulate 19. The Enforcement Toolbox Final Reflections Notes Acknowledgments Index
650 _a1. Electronic Commerce
700 _aStucke Maurice E
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