The technology for anonymous communication has been thoroughly researched. But despite the existence of several protection services, a business model for anonymous web surfing has not emerged as of today. One possibility to stimulate adoption is to facilitate it in a specific subnet. The idea is to identify a promising target group which has a substantial benefit from adopting the technology an...

Before 1990 many state Medicaid programs maintained "restrictive" formularies, which denied reimbursement for unlisted prescription drugs. This type of formulary has been criticized for denying important medications to poor, medically needy persons. As part of the Omnibus Budget Reconciliation Act of 1990, restrictive formularies in Medicaid programs were disallowed. Based on research into the ...

The authors’ motivation for writing a scientific text book is often around the academic rigour of setting out the science of their specialist area for the benefit of novices entering their scientific specialty. The motivation of the publisher is more complex since selling copies is a pre-requisite to a successful book. Therefore the preface of such books often envisages a wide readership of int...

Advance selling before the time of consumption is now possible for even very small service providers, given new technologies (specifically, web-based transactions, biometrics and smart card technology). Moreover, recent research has revealed that advance selling can substantially improve profits without traditional price discrimination. However, that research was limited to monopoly settings. T...