Creative Destruction

For those who need to learn how to navigate through the world-shaking storms of innovation that characterize the Information Age, this lucid and insightful volume is required reading.

Reed Hundt, Author of You Say You Want A Revolution: A Story of Information Age Politics, and former chairman of the Federal Communications Commission

Of course the Internet will bring new business models, new revenue streams, new organizations and new services, but it is difficult to move beyond short-sighted or self-serving hype. Where does a thoughtful reader go for an accessible and balanced analysis of structural changes? This book contains challenging and ambitious essays from experts at the front lines of business and academia. It is essential reading for anyone thinking about the scope of the transformation taking place across the communications industry.

Shane Greenstein, Kellogg Graduate School of Management, Northwestern University

I wish I had been able to read the book prior to my appointment as Chief Technologist at the Federal Communications Commission. The book's clear and informative explanation of the policy and economic implications of communication changes were stimulating and will be extremely valuable to me in my future activities in the technology policy area.

David J. Farber, Alfred Filter Moore Professor of Telecommunications, University of Pennsylvania, and Chief Technologist of the FCC

As information networks and services converge and transform themselves from vertically-integrated to horizontally-stratified players, untold disruption is inevitable. Why and how these tectonic forces are taking shape is a vital question to strategic planners in related industries everywhere. This book shines new light upon how tomorrow's winners (and losers) are reacting now.

Doug Bulleit, Chief Strategist, BellSouth Corporation