Virtual Competition: The Promise and Perils of the Algorithm-Driven Economy

by Maurice E Stucke, Ariel Ezrachi, Maurice E. Stucke

Book Overview

Shoppers with Internet access and a bargain-hunting impulse can find a universe of products at their fingertips. In this thought-provoking expos , Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice Stucke invite us to take a harder look at today's app-assisted paradise of digital shopping. While consumers reap many benefits from online purchasing, the sophisticated algorithms and data-crunching that make browsing so convenient are also changing the nature of market competition,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0674545478
• ISBN13: 9780674545472
• Release Date: November 2016
• Publisher: Harvard University Press
• Length: 368 Pages
• Weight: 1.28 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.3" x 9.3"