Borderless Globe: This first course in the two-part Infonomics series provides a non-technical perspective on and methods for understanding and taking advantage of informationâs unique economic characteristics. In this section, youâll learn more about freedom of choice and the other major characteristics of a market economic ⦠: The characteristics of the information society will mainly be drawn upon from Bell's theory of post-industrial society and will be explained by giving examples from the Experience and research shows that good information has numerous qualities. In business economics we apply these laws for policy planning at the level of a firm. In a market economy, producers often spend large amounts to make sure that consumersâeven very young childrenâknow the names and logos of their products.This is because free-market consumers have freedom of choice, and they will often choose brand names they recognize. Macro Analysis: Macro economics which deals with the principles of economic behaviour for the economy as a whole is also useful for business economics. Doing Business uses a number of variables to characterize a country. Information as Economic Good: Its Origins, Characteristics, Pricing, and Associated Legal and Ethical Issues: 10.4018/978-1-4666-4983-5.ch001: Information plays an important role in most economies, and in some economies constitutes the dominant sector where information is created, traded, sold, and In addition to these changes, participatory democracy replaced parliamentary democracy as a different political system. This study examines the above characteristics of the information economy deeply. Localities being connected with the world by breaking national boundaries; forging of links between one society and another, and between one country and another through international transmission of knowledge, literature, technology, culture and information. In economic theory, we build âlawsâ such as the law of Demand and the Law of Diminishing Returns. 5. Two of the best-known examples of the sharing economy are Uber (transportation) and Airbnb (housing). It is also known as collaborative consumption or peer-to-peer exchange. Good information is relevant for its purpose, sufficiently accurate for its purpose, complete enough for the problem, reliable and targeted to the right person. The purpose of this article is to explain the characteristics of the information economy that distinguish it from the industrial society. Doing Business 2020 reports 2018 income per capita as published in the World Bankâs World Development Indicators on July 1, 2019. Economy Characteristics. Among them: Gross national income (GNI) per capita. (3) USING INFORMATION Characteristics of Information. Economics, social science that seeks to analyze and describe the production, distribution, and consumption of wealth. In the 19th century economics was the hobby of gentlemen of leisure and the vocation of a few academics; economists wrote about economic policy but were rarely consulted by legislators before decisions were made. The sharing economy is a model in which people and organizations connect online to share goods and services. Unfortunately, information too frequently is underappreciated and therefore underutilized. The formal economy: (1) has an organised system of employment with clear written rules of recruitment, agreement and job responsibilities. Good information is that which is used and which creates value. (2) has a standardised relationship between the employer and the employee is maintained through a formal contract. 5.