Re: FSB economics/industry research suggestions requested

http://opensource.mit.edu/online_papers.php
Here is a useful bibliography.

regards,
Jean

On Saturday, December 6, 2003, at 01:47 AM, Stephen J. Turnbull wrote:

> The University, in its infinite wisdom, has chosen to drop about $5000
> in "research funds" on me.  I _could_ of course use it to buy 50 or
> so SD cards for my Zaurus, but I'd rather make some students a little
> richer and gather some useful information.
>
> Unfortunately, the fund evaporates at the end of February.  It's not
> practical to do a survey in that time frame (I can't use it for travel
> expenses, anyway).  So ...
>
> Any suggestions that involve gathering data from publically available
> sources, such as magazines, newpapers, or the Web, especially pointers
> to studies done on the North American or European industries that
> could be replicated for Japan, would get high priority.
>
> I can probably get reasonable English-speaking or Chinese-speaking
> research assistance, too, so don't limit yourself to Japanese sources.
> It's just that most of my current crew are monolingual in Japanese,
> and there's the time limit problem, so Japan gets priority.
>
> While for obvious reasons I can't do pure market research for a
> particular product, please don't let your self-interest keep you from
> making a suggestion.  In particular, if there's a legal way to figure
> out market penetration for your product type for various segments of
> the web, I'd be really interested in hearing about the technology.
> We're putting `lynx -head' to use already, simple is good.[1]
>
> Please reply to me <[email protected]>.  If I do turn up some
> interesting data or results, I will provide an URL and (if
> appropriate) a brief summary to the list.
>
> Steve
>
>
>
> Footnotes:
> [1]  Yes, it would be cheaper to write a 'bot, but cheap is bad.
> Anyway, I want them to see it with their own eyes.  Educational.
>
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