Maximizing Efficiency and Effectiveness of Information Data Banks,

Abstract

This paper examines several of the principles underlying the efficient and effective production, transfer, and use of information. The first sections examine the cost savings and benefits that accrue to users from increased cooperation among the participants in the information transfer process. This discussion covers both cooperation between producers, intermediaries, and users (vertical cooperation) and cooperation among the producers or among the intermediaries (horizontal cooperation). Next, the impact of networking on information services is discussed. Here the distinctions are made among computer networks, communications networks, and information networks. Each is analyzed in turn. The final sections deal with the effects of charges for information. Particular attention is paid to the transactions costs associated with any pricing and collection mechanism and to the economic impact of the use of copyright protection for information products and services. (Author)

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
May 01, 1977
Accession Number
ADA041595

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People

  • Y. M. Braunstein

Organizations

  • AGARD

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Communities of Interest

  • C4I
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Human Systems
  • Space

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Commerce
  • Computer Networks
  • Computers
  • Cooperation
  • Databases
  • Economic Analysis
  • Economic Impact
  • Education
  • Information Exchange
  • Information Science
  • Information Systems
  • Information Transfer
  • Intellectual Property
  • Networks
  • New York
  • Operating Systems
  • Standards

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