Hello Everyone, I am pleased to announce the publication of two books on the mobile phone/Internet industry. Shipments start on October 29 for The Mobile Internet: How Japan dialed up and the West disconnected and in November/December for Global Competition Between and Within Standards: the case of mobile phones. The former book is practitioner-oriented while the latter book is academic/historical. More information can be obtained on both books from the below-mentioned book sites and from my home page: http://www.rieb.kobe-u.ac.jp/~funk/index.html Jeffrey L. Funk Associate Professor Kobe University Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration Amazon.com site in the UK: (http://www.amazon.co.uk/exec/obidos/search-handle-form/202-5887818-0777432) Barnes & Noble in the US: (http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=65BH0YQPBC &mscssid=B3G3ELR6ACAK9PFM8BPWDEKNVWFB1BD6&isbn=9627762695 & http://shop.barnesandnoble.com/booksearch/isbnInquiry.asp?userid=65BH0YQPBC& mscssid=W0C5S6DU30098MFPW257JSJ6GRVQ41G1&isbn=033397039X). ISI Publications in the US (only the mobile Internet book): (http://www.booksonbiz.com/product.asp?isbn=9627762695&SessionID=251284836) Amazon.com in Japan (only the mobile phone book): (http://www.amazon.co.jp/exec/obidos/ASIN/033397039X/ref=sr_aps_d_1_1/250-93 18432-4460211) Amazon.com in the US (only the mobile phone book): (http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/033397039X/qid=1003812992/sr=8-2/ref =sr_8_1_2/104-1773237-2507135). The mobile Internet book will be shortly available from the US site of Amazon.com. [ Need archives? How to unsubscribe? http://www.appelsiini.net/keitai-l/ ]Received on Thu Oct 25 07:22:22 2001