Digital Integration, Growth and Rational Regulation

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

E-Book, Englisch, 187 Seiten

Economic progress in the digital knowledge society will be characterized by enormous structural change and the growth of digital services. This book focuses on the role of information and communication technologies for economic integration, networking and growth. It highlights technological and regulatory dynamics with respect to EU countries and the US and presents new policy conclusions at both the national and international levels, including welfare analysis.

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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