David Card

David Card
David Edward Cardis a Canadian labour economist and Professor of Economics at the University of California, Berkeley...
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On one hand they're suspicious of them because of how big their market share is and the fact that they have that uniform pricing. On the other hand, they legitimized the digital music business.
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It's an intriguing vision, but a lot depends on Microsoft's execution and ability to draw market share from some strong competitors.
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They're going into markets where there are very good competitors.
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They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment. The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
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They're early adopters and they're willing to experiment, ... The adult content market historically has always been a leader in new media.
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The issue for an Internet-only company to service their audience and their marketing partners is better if they have traditional media offerings, too. I'm a believer in multimedia media companies.
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If you could get a device that had enough capacity to be interesting, with good battery life and cool form factor, and sell (it) for $50, this market will explode. It's pretty easy to imagine a flash-based device in a year or two hitting those kinds of price points.
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Flash-device sales will surpass hard-drive sales. But the technology is not important. What's important is reaching a certain capacity at a certain price point at a certain size.
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There's a definite perception that people would be unwilling to invest or are nervous about that. Although, frankly, if people invest in tobacco companies, then I don't know. Not my place to be a moral judge.
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The thing you can do online that you can't do in the physical world is interactivity and two-way conversation.
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At some point, you want to prevent the other technology from being adopted.
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Microsoft is looking to put more eyeballs in front of its search engine.
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If they put it on the front page with a link and a picture, people will get what is going on. They will just be surprised that Amazon is doing it.
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Nothing ever replaces anything. When TV came along, radio didn't go away. This has the potential to unlock local ad dollars, but Amazon doesn't want to take phone calls.