TY - BOOK AU - Greco,Albert N. TI - The economics of the publishing and information industries: the search for yield in a disintermediated world SN - 9781138824799 U1 - 338.4/707050973 PY - 2015/// CY - New York, NY PB - Routledge KW - Publishers and publishing KW - Economic aspects KW - United States KW - Book industries and trade N1 - Includes bibliographical references and index N2 - Books, scholarly journals, business information, and professional information play a pivotal role in the political, social, economic, scientific, and intellectual life of nations. While publications abound on Wall Street and financial service companies, the relationship between Wall Street’s financial service companies and the publishing and information industries has not been explored until now. The Economics of the Publishing and Information Industries utilizes substantive historical, business, consumer, economic, sociological, technological, and quantitative and qualitative methodologies to understand the people, trends, strengths, opportunities, and threats the publishing industry and the financial service sector have faced in recent years. Various developments, both economic and demographic, contributed to the circumstances influencing the financial service sector’s investment in the publishing and information industries. This volume identifies and analyzes those developments, clearly laying out the forces that drove the marriage between the spheres of publishing and finance UR - https://uowd.box.com/s/mrl84zwc1gzc0g6ukj9t39mfl39i2fyz ER -