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Markets: A market in economics is a physical or virtual place where buyers and sellers come together to exchange goods and services. Markets allow people to specialize in different areas of production, they provide competition, and promote innovation. See also Competition, Progress, Economy, Goods, Exchange, Trade, Innovation._____________Annotation: The above characterizations of concepts are neither definitions nor exhausting presentations of problems related to them. Instead, they are intended to give a short introduction to the contributions below. – Lexicon of Arguments. | |||
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Umair Haque on Markets - Dictionary of Arguments
Jarvis I 130 Markets/Haque/Jarvis: Haque's thesis: there is a shift from an economy based on inefficient markets and characterised by centralised ownership and control to an economy based on efficiency, where information is openly accessible and power is increasingly shifting to the margins. >Efficiency. Competitive advantage/Haque: this has primarily to do with making markets more inefficient i. e. to hide or disguise information. >Competition, >Information/economic theories, >Information economics. New: recently, the opposite leads to success. One should eliminate the eye of a needle on the way to information. >Social media, >Social networks >Internet, >Internet culture._____________Explanation of symbols: Roman numerals indicate the source, arabic numerals indicate the page number. The corresponding books are indicated on the right hand side. ((s)…): Comment by the sender of the contribution. Translations: Dictionary of Arguments The note [Concept/Author], [Author1]Vs[Author2] or [Author]Vs[term] resp. "problem:"/"solution:", "old:"/"new:" and "thesis:" is an addition from the Dictionary of Arguments. If a German edition is specified, the page numbers refer to this edition. |
Haque I Umair Haque The New Capitalist Manifesto: Building a Disruptively Better Business Boston 2011 Jarvis I Jeff Jarvis What Would Google Do?: Reverse-Engineering the Fastest Growing Company in the History of the World New York 2011 Jarvis II Jeff Jarvis Public Parts: How Sharing in the Digital Age Improves the Way We Work and Live New York 2011 |