Value-Based Risk Management for Web Information Goods

Alongside with the growth of the World Wide Web, the exchange of information goods is tremendously increasing. Some information has entertainment value, and some has business value, but regardless of that, more and more people are willing to pay for information. Business models have become a common technique for representing the value exchanges among the actors involved in a business constellation. In this study, we utilize the notion of the business model to investigate and classify risks on the value of information goods and further, to propose adequate risk mitigation instruments.