How the Internet Became Commercial: Innovation, Privatization, and the Birth of a New Network (The Kauffman Foundation Series on Innovation and Entrepreneurship)

by Shane Greenstein

As chapters 4 and 6 stressed, many of these opportunities came as a surprise, and it caused a rush of economic activity. As chapter 6 explained, large parts of the economy would benefit from the commercialization of the Internet and the web, and had not acted in advance of its deployment.