Background and Reference


General Sites
FAQs
Net Surveys & Demographics

General Sites

Inquiry.COM
"inquiry.com is the definitive World Wide Web site for information technology (IT) professionals seeking product information to support purchasing decisions."
Cyberdialog
Marketing research about the Internet.
Internet Economics
A collection of papers on the subject, edited by Lee McKnight and Joseph Bailey. To be published by MIT Press.
Aspen Institute
Sixth Annual Round Table on Information Technology August 1997.
Fifth Annual Round Table on Information Technology August 1996.
A Business Researcher's Interests
Large collection of links for business uses of the Internet.
Iworld: Internet News and Resources
Lots of useful material; the newsse@rch page is especially helpful.
US National Information Infrastructure Virtual Library
A comprehensive collection of links about the National (and Global) Information Infrastructure.
NUA Choice
Internet surveys and reports.
Computer and Communications Links
Pages of computer and communications relevant URLs from Webstart Communications.
D-Comm
A collection of articles relating to the Internet from The Economist magazine.
EC World
EC World is a new electronic publication that integrates Internet applications with Oracle database technology to create an interactive magazine dealing with issues in electronic commerce. Its primary goal is to advance the knowledge, practice and understanding of electronic commerce in the context of an on-line global "collaboratory."
Financial Times
Life on the Internet
Online site to accompany PBS documentary.
News Radio
A Web-based magazine for business and technology managers.
Upside Magazine
"Taking you inside the world of technology business."
Wired News
Wired's news magazine on the Internet.
CNET: The Computer Network
News on the net.
The Cook Report on the Internet
A monthly newsletter. Also contains useful Glossary of Internet jargon.
A history and description of the Net from its founding to present in celebration of its quarter century anniversary. Looks at the impact and potential of the Web.
Webbing the Information Economy
An industry pundit's view of how the internet and the emergence of the Web will affect the software industry. (1/96) Published by Red Herring.
Internet Economics Workshop
Proceedings of a workshop held at MIT. (3/95)
The Economics of the Internet
General overview of Internet economics, a bit outdated by now (2/94). By Jeffrey K. MacKie-Mason and Hal R. Varian.
The National Information Infrastructure Initiative and the Emergence of the Electronic Superhighway
A legal analysis of the NII by Jonathan D. Blake and Lee J. Tiedrich. (1994)
Telecosm
Extracts from George Gilder's forthcoming book (earliest section first published December 1992, most recent published June 1997).

Frequently Asked Questions

Economic FAQs About the Internet
Frequently Asked questions about the economics of the Internet (June 1995).
Resources for Economists on the Internet
A comprehensive list maintained by Bill Goffe. (May 1997)

Net Surveys & Demographics

Internet Use in the United States: 1995 Baseline Estimates and Preliminary Market Segments
Paper by Hoffman, Kalsbeek and Novak, from Owen Graduate School of Management, Vanderbilt.
Project 2000
Research program on marketing in computer-mediated environments
Georgia Tech Web Users Surveys
Survey of Web users.
Consumer Survey of WWW Users (1994) Done in collaboration with the Georgia Tech survey. A product of the Hermes Project.
Network Wizards Internet Domain Surveys
An attempt to discover every host on the Internet by doing a complete search of the Domain Name System. They also have links to some other sites that measure various aspects of the Internet.
Alexander & Associates
Firm that does consumer research into PCs, Videogames, and other new electronic media. Internet Demographics
CyberAtlas
Lots of information about Web demographics.
Matrix News
John Quarterman's server offering maps, posters, and graphs about the Martix and the Internet.
Internet Index
A collection of random Internet facts/numbers.
Computer Numbers
This is a collection of numbers relevant to computers, along with references.
Women Online
Interactive Publishing Alert's 1995 Survey of Women Online, sponsored by Apple Computer, provides an in-depth look at why women go online, what women do online and what keeps them away.

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