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Rising Tide Rents and Robber Baron Rents

O'Reilly

Patents—exclusive, government-granted rights intended to encourage innovation—protect pharmaceutical companies from competition and allow them to charge high prices. They are a price that we pay for a rising tide of innovation. What Is Economic Rent? For example, consider drug pricing. But not all rents represent abuse of power.

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Web Performance Bookshelf

Rigor

This book is about the network, from fundamental limitations that affect performance to major innovations for building even more powerful browser applications. This book shares guidelines and innovative techniques that will help you plan and execute a comprehensive SEO strategy. ” – Andy King, 2003. Time is Money.

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Digital Squalor

The Agile Manager

A contract from 2005 between one firm and another is a binding legal document in the context of that relationship. Data has different meaning depending the context. Historically, Information Technology has focused on the "technology".

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