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Electronic markets and electronic hierarchies

Thomas W. Malone, JoAnne Yates, Robert I. Benjamin

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By reducing the costs of coordination, information technology will lead to an overall shift toward proportionately more use of markets—rather than hierarchies—to coordinate economic activity.

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By reducing the costs of coordination, information technology will lead to an overall shift toward proportionately more use of markets—rather than hierarchies—to coordinate economic activity.

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By reducing the costs of coordination, information technology will lead to an overall shift toward proportionately more use of markets—rather than hierarchies—to coordinate economic activity.

Key concepts: Electronic markets, Computer science, World Wide Web, The Internet

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