IBM
personal computers and, 86
vs. Dell, 89
Incentive(s)
employee, 231–232
sales, 227
systems, 142–143
to work, 225
India
brinksmanship in, 246
nuclear dilemma and, 132
Information
dating and, 170–172
insurance and, 215
limited, 163–164, 284–285
lines and, 176
stock market and, 259
Information Rules (Shapiro and Varian), 266
Insanity, 31–34
chicken games and, 69
feigning, 39
Odysseus and, 186
trust games and, 64
Insider trading, 62–64
Insurance, 212–213
as gambling, 214–215
co-payments and, 213–214
deposit, 217–218
discrimination and, 218–219
flood, 218
HMOs and, 214
information problems and, 215
risks of, 216–217
Intel
competition and, 88–90
network externalities and, 88
personal computers and, 86
Interest rates, 259
Internal auctions, 255
Internet
pricing, 133
retailing, 46–47
Internet Explorer, 90–91
Investing
in art, 262
options, 178–179
specific vs. general, 203–204
venture capitalists and, 228–229
Investment banking, 160
Invisible hand, 223
Irrationality. See also Insanity
prisoners’ dilemma and, 135–136
IRS, 67–68