Day 19 (Nov. 30) (Thurs.)
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How Should Antitrust Enforcers Assess Foreclosure, Access and Efficiency Issues Related to Networks and Standards?
9:00 a.m. - 9:30 a.m.
Introductory Overview
Professor William F. Baxter (Stanford Univ.)
9:30 a.m. - 12:30 p.m.
How Do Computer Companies Compete? How Do the Network and Interoperability Aspects of the Industry Affect Competition? What Can We Learn From Computer Networks (in Terms of Efficiencies and Competitive Behavior)?
Professor Timothy Bresnahan (Stanford Univ.) Sloan Foundation Computer Study
Michael Morris (Sun)
Marshall Phelps (IBM)
Russell Wayman (StorageTek)(Prepared Statement)
Edward J. Black President, Computer & Communications Indus. Assn.
Emory Simon (Alliance to Promote Software Innovation) (Prepared Statement)
1:30 p.m. - 4:30 p.m.
What Can We Learn From the Telecommunications Industry About Possible Ways to Assess Pro and Anticompetitive Behavior in Other Network Industries?
Stanley Besen (Charles River Associates)
L. Norton Cutler (US WEST)
Duncan MacDonald (Citicorp)
Joseph Opper (Asst. Attorney General, New York; Chair, NAAG Payment Systems Working Group)
Mark Rosenbaum (AT&T)(Prepared Statement)
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Rev. Wednesday, June 19, 1996