Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation

1. Auflage 2007
ISBN: 978-3-540-74595-2
Verlag: Springer-Verlag
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: Adobe DRM (»Systemvoraussetzungen)

E-Book, Englisch, 187 Seiten

With the Lisbon Agenda the European Council has set ambitious goals for 2010, namely to make the Community the most dynamic knowledge-based economy in the world. This goal clearly indicates that the Council, the Commission and the European Parliament are fully aware of the high economic, political and social relevance of information and communi- tion technology, including modern digital services whose broad availab- ity is desirable from the perspective of all major users groups: Firms, private households and government agencies. The Commission indeed has emphasized that the i2010 project is a major pillar of the policies with a focus on the Lisbon Agenda: Creating faster broadband networks in the EU and providing more diversified and more high-quality services at the same time will indeed be crucial for the Union if the growth potential of modern eCommunications is to be fully exploited. Naturally, the telec- munications sector evolution has to be discussed in the context of the overall expansion dynamics of the information and communication te- nology (ICT) sector. At the same time the competition policy framework will affect digital dynamics in OECD countries. In the EU the interplay between supranational regulations and national regulations is quite imp- tant for the development of the telecommunications sector. This sector is subject to regulation for which the EU has created a framework in 2003 which is up for review in 2006.

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Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Preface;5
2;Table of Contents;9
3;Summary;12
4;1 Introduction;16
5;2 Information and Communication Technology, Competitiveness and Growth;23
5.1;2.1 A Triad Perspective on ICT and Telecommunications;29
5.2;2.2 ICT, Internationalization of the Economy, Competition, Efficiency;30
5.3;2.3 ICT Expansion, Multinational Companies and Outsourcing;42
5.4;2.4 ICT Expansion, Innovation Dynamics and Growth;50
5.5;2.5 Expansion and Dynamics of eComunications in Industrialized Countries;54
6;3 Digital EU Integration and the Lisbon Process;58
6.1;3.1 The Role of Information and Communication Technology in the Lisbon Process;59
6.2;3.2 Computer and Telecommunications: An RCA Approach to Competitiveness;61
6.3;3.3 After the Kok-Report: New Initiatives from Member States;65
7;4 ICT Expansion, Productivity, Growth and Trade;68
7.1;4.1 Basic Aspects of Labour Productivity and ICT Dynamics;73
7.2;4.2 ICT Expansion, Productivity and Growth;80
7.3;4.3 Innovation and Productivity Growth in a Networked Society;91
7.4;4.4 Schumpeterian Perspectives on the International Knowledge Society;92
7.5;4.5 Telecommunications as a Driver of Innovations, Trade and FDI;95
8;5 Rational Regulation of eCommunications in Open Economies;98
8.1;5.1 Basic Perspectives;98
8.2;5.2 EU Dynamics;112
8.3;5.3 Economic and Regulatory Developments in Europe;119
8.4;5.4 Competition in Telecommunications Markets: Theoretical Analysis;128
8.5;5.5 International Analytical Framework for Monopoly Problems and Competition;135
8.6;5.6 Convergence of Mobile and Fixed-line Telephony;143
8.7;5.7 The Role of Digitization, Innovation Dynamics and Technological Neutrality;146
8.8;5.8 Innovations of Vertically Integrated Firms: Specific Regulatory Perspectives;147
8.9;5.9 Efficiency and Innovation in Oligopolies: A Modified Hitch- Sweezy Approach;150
8.10;5.10 Role of Differentiated Two-Part Tariffs;153
8.11;5.11 Reflections on the EU Review in Telecommunications Regulation;156
8.12;5.12 Towards a Consistent Regulation of eCommunications;165
8.13;5.13 Long Term Challenges;170
9;Appendix 1: Selected Telecommunications Statistics;176
10;Appendix 2: NACE Classification;177
11;Appendix 3: Modeling the Problem of Regulatory Uncertainty;178
12;Appendix 4: Selected Data on the Use of Internet Services;180
13;List of Figures;182
14;List of Tables;184
15;References;185