Manual of Pricing and Cost Determination for Organizations Engaged in Dissemination of Knowledge

摘要

The project on economies of scale and 'public goods' characteristics of scientific and technical information was designed to provide information managers with tools that will lead to better operational decisions and to assist Federal agencies in defining their roles in the production and distribution of scientific and technical information. The four major topics of investigation were the structure of supply and demand of information, the Federal Government as the producer and user of information, experience in the packaging of information, and the role of technological change. The report examines problems in the production, dissemination and pricing of information, the structure of information industries, and other issues of interest to the information manager, the policy-maker, and researchers in the fields of economics and information science.