Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators
This paper examines the development of aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation services. New Web-page extraction tools, context sensitive mediators, and agent technologies have greatly red...
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Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division
2016
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| author | Madnick, Stuart E. Siegel, Michael D. Frontini, Mary Alice Khemka, Saraubh Chan, Steven Pan, Howard |
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| description | This paper examines the development of aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation services. New Web-page extraction tools, context sensitive mediators, and agent technologies have greatly reduced the barriers to constructing aggregators. We predict that aggregators will soon emerge in industries where they were not formerly present. Through studying over a hundred existing and emerging aggregators, we present a model for understanding the aggregator's strategic interaction with the incumbent. We also suggest different business models as possible aggregator entry points into an industry and describe their impact. |
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| spelling | mit-1721.1/1027012019-04-11T07:18:17Z Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators Madnick, Stuart E. Siegel, Michael D. Frontini, Mary Alice Khemka, Saraubh Chan, Steven Pan, Howard This paper examines the development of aggregators, entities that collect information from a wide range of sources, with or without prior arrangements, and add value through post-aggregation services. New Web-page extraction tools, context sensitive mediators, and agent technologies have greatly reduced the barriers to constructing aggregators. We predict that aggregators will soon emerge in industries where they were not formerly present. Through studying over a hundred existing and emerging aggregators, we present a model for understanding the aggregator's strategic interaction with the incumbent. We also suggest different business models as possible aggregator entry points into an industry and describe their impact. 2016-05-31T14:25:22Z 2016-05-31T14:25:22Z 2000-10 Working Paper http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102701 en_US ESD Working Papers;ESD-WP-2000-04 application/pdf Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Engineering Systems Division |
| spellingShingle | Madnick, Stuart E. Siegel, Michael D. Frontini, Mary Alice Khemka, Saraubh Chan, Steven Pan, Howard Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title | Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title_full | Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title_fullStr | Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title_full_unstemmed | Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title_short | Surviving and Thriving in the New World of Web Aggregators |
| title_sort | surviving and thriving in the new world of web aggregators |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/102701 |
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