Index_E

E

ECMAScript, 187-188, 233. See also Java

E-commerce

access control and, 149-150

digital certificates and, 164-165

privacy and, 142-143

security and, 145-166 (see also Security)

Economic issues, xi, 1, 7, 11, 348-349

accounting and, 196-197

antitrust and, 296-299

application software and, 62

Brooks' law and, 85

bundling and, 334-336

business functions and, 173-184

complementarity and, 324-325

component software and, 247-250

cooperation and, 229-244

core competencies and, 219-222

definitions for, 309

demand and, 310-322, 344-346

depreciation, 195-196

distribution and, 94-117

downloading and, 186-188

equilibrium and, 313-316

freeware and, 272-273

government regulation and, 284-299

Herfindahl-Hirschman index and, 297

heterogeneity and, 207-219, 222-229

industry-specific applications and, 191-193

information properties and, 20

infrastructure and, 315, 338-343

innovation and, 351

layering and, 213

lock-in and, 317-320

markets and, 69, 310-311 (see also Markets)

mergers and, 296-299

Metcalfe's law and, 312-313

mobility and, 359-360

multiple use and, 342-343

network effects and, 52-55, 311-317

open source programs and, 78-81

open systems and, 320-322

operational costs and, 62

ownership and, 134-135

path-dependent effects and, 206

pay-per-use, 190-191

personnel costs and, 135

portability, 98-100

pricing and, 188-193, 327-338, 342

property rights and, 267-284

proprietary solutions and, 320-322

resource sharing and, 338-342

revenue, 204, 327-330

risk and, 324

scaling and, 323-324, 339-342

security and, 145-166 (see also Security)

software creation and, 68-69

software industry and, 29, 225-227

subscriptions and, 190-191

supply and, 323-327, 346-347

support and, 128-129

switching costs and, 317

terms/conditions and, 336-337

time value and, 366n16

total cost of ownership (TCO), 134-135

upgrades and, 319

value chains and, 123-133

versioning and, 127, 333-334

Edison's quadrant, 302-303

Efficiency, 76-78

E-mail, 205

e-commerce and, 142-143

privacy and, 59, 141-143

worms and, 289

Embedded software, 25, 355-357

EMC, 22

Emergence, 92-93, 368n7

Encapsulation, 88-89, 153-154

future and, 353

smartcards and, 287-288

Encryption, 153, 160-162. See also Cryptography

escrowed, 286-288

property rights and, 269-270

Enterprise applications, 45-46

Enterprise asset management (EAM), 180

Enterprise JavaBeans (EJB), 257-259

Enterprise resource planning (ERP), 180, 255

Environment, 96-97

Equations

delay, 28, 340

lock-in, 318

network effects, 311-313

revenue, 204, 373n2

Escrowed encryption, 286-288

Ethernet, 109

Examination license, 273

Experience good, 20, 37

Extensibility, 60-61, 91-92

Externality, 52-55. See also Networks

Extreme programming, 367n2