The Occasional Observer: Market Structure Matters—The Case of Academic Journals

Frederic H. Murphy
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Frederic H. Murphy: School of Business and Management, Temple University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19122

Interfaces, 1998, vol. 28, issue 2, 16-20

Abstract: Academics talk about the marketplace of ideas. We use this as a metaphor. However, there is a real market out there since the publication of academic journals makes up a major segment of the must-have market for giant publishers. The structure of this market has serious implications for our access to information and budget consequences for professional societies and university libraries.

Keywords: professional; journal policies (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 1998
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