What is it about?
The congestion theory framework that Anil Pandya and Nikhilesh Dholakia present here offers a very unique way to analyze and understand the 2000 "dotcom" crash.
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Why is it important?
The year 2015 is a watershed. It is 15 years after the massive burst of the dotcom bubble and the subsequent crash that wiped out between $5 and $7 billion of “paper wealth”. 2015 is also the year when, for the first time after the dotcom crash, the Nasdaq tech index crossed 5000. It is time to revisit the many analytical insights that Anil Pandya and Nikhilesh Dholakia offered in their writings on the dotcom crash.
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This page is a summary of: Explaining dotcom failures: a congestion framework, International Journal of Electronic Business, January 2007, Inderscience Publishers,
DOI: 10.1504/ijeb.2007.012289.
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Bubbles: Tech, Stocks, Housing, Gold... TBRP makes connections
Nikhilesh Dholakia (in collaboration with Anil Pandya) and Romeo Turcan had both been independently working with issues relating to Internet Dotcom bubble formation and burst... this TBRP project links the fundamentals of bubble processes in technology, finance, and many other contexts.
Fountainhead: Pioneering research into technology, markets, consumers at URI
From the mid-1980s, under the skilled leadership of Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia at the University of Rhode Island (URI), a strong and consistently innovative program of research on technology, markets and consumers. Dr. Anil Pandya took his first doctoral seminar under Dr. Ruby Roy Dholakia - at the famed IIMA in India. The best way to grasp the scope and depth of such research is via the Google Scholar portal of Ruby Roy Dholakia.
Technology, Markets, Culture, Globalization and Politics: Dr. Nikhilesh Dholakia
At the University of Rhode Island (URI), and through exciting collaborations with his global network of research colleagues, Dr. Nikhilesh Dholakia has been examining the complex and interesting interactions of Technology, Markets, Culture, Globalization and Politics. A good way to delve into this body of work is via his Google Scholar portal.
Dotcom Crash: Will 2015 be a replay of 2000?
The so-called “dotcom crash” of 2000, when technology and especially e-commerce company stock price valuations plunged in a precipitate fashion, continues to fascinate scholars, practitioners, investors, and market analysts.
Dotcom Crash: Historical Account
The so-called “dotcom crash” of 2000, when technology and especially e-commerce company stock price valuations plunged in a precipitate fashion, continues to fascinate scholars, practitioners, investors, and market analysts.
Curated Travel, Curated Shopping: A New E-Biz+Physical-Biz model
E-Biz 2.0?...Reviewing, recommending and sharing are popular online activities that shape platforms, social sites, and merchant sites. This venture illustrates a new twist that combines e-biz and physical travel and tourism. It uses the approach of curated selection and presentation of sights, activities, places, happenings, merchants and products.
Dotcom Redux: Nasdaq crosses 5000 again
Nostalgic look backs are fun, of course... but also a good time to revisit the analyses of the "dotcom crash" that Anil Pandya and Nikhilesh Dholakia have offered in their various papers.
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