The Economics of E-Commerce and Networking Decisions

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PART I: KEYNOTE SPEECHES Inframarginal Versus Marginal Analysis of Networking Decisions and E-Commerce Y-K.Ng A Review of the Literature of Inframarginal Analysis of Network of Division of Labour X.Yang PART II: E-COMMERCE E-Commerce, Transaction Cost and the Network of Division of Labour: A Business Perspective H.Shi & H.Mathysen An Equilibrium Model of Hierarchy X.Yang A General Equilibrium Model with Impersonal Networking Decisions and Bundling Sale K.Li Legislation, Electronic Commerce and the Common Law A.Field E-Commerce in China: Problems and Potential J.Wong &W.Chee Kong Networking Decisions and Bundling Sale Ke Li PART III: IMPERSONAL NETWORKING AND ENDOGENOUS SPECIALIZATION: THEORY AND APPLICATIONS Toward a Theory of Impersonal Networking Decisions and Endogenous Structure of the Division of Labour G-Z.Sun, X.Yang & S.Yao Identification of Equilibrium Structures of Endogenous Specialization: A Unified Approach Exemplified G-Z.Sun Transaction Efficiency, Division of Labour and Foreign Direct Investment: A Unified Model D.Yang The Division of Labour and the Allocation of Time M.Lio PART IV: TRANSACTION COSTS AND THE DIVISION OF LABOUR MEASUREMENT AND EMPIRICAL ANALYSIS An Indirect Approach to the Identification and Measurement of Transaction Costs G.Rivers An Empirical Study on the Division of Labour and Economic Structural Changes M.Lio & M.Liu Endogenous Transaction Costs and Division of Labour X.Yang & Y.Zhao