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Are There Limits to FreeConomics
- Your vote:
- Yes No
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- Description:
- There is quite a lot of support in the Web 2.0 sphere for the idea that "FreeConomics" - is that all goods can be free - is applicable in the Web 2.0 and related spaces. But is this view correct, or is it great for short term market share building, but not sustainable in the longer term? This panel's aim is to examine the arguments for and against FreeConomics
- Questions
Answered: -
- basic assumptions of freeconomics - why will it work
- implications of freeconomics - how do you make money?
- implicit risk of freeconomic assumptions - whoever pays pipers calls tunes
- limits to freeconomics - is this sustainable, or a part of early market development
- what happens if everybody else is using freeconomics too?
- what are the different types of freeconomic models - open source, advertising, subsidy etc
- what are the relative value - can Ads or VC's fund it all?
- If it is correct, what will the incumbents do?
- If it is limited, what are the implications for current "New Media" company strategies
- Some economists claim freeconomics means bad goods chase out good - true or false?
- Level:
- Intermediate
- Category:
- Business / Entrepreneurial
- Type:
- Panel
- Event:
- SXSW Interactive 2009
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