Convergence in communications and beyond / / edited by Erik Bohlin... [et al.]

• Pubblicazione: Amsterdam ; ; New York, : Elsevier Science, 2000
• Edizione: 1st ed.
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (442 p.)
• Disciplina: 384
• Soggetto topico: Telecommunication policy; Telecommunication; Telecommunication - Law and legislation
• Altri autori: BohlinErik <1961->
• Note generali: Selected and edited papers from the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Stockholm, June 20-24, 1998.
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references and index.
• Nota di contenuto: ""List of Contents""; ""PART I: CONVERGENCE IN COMMUNICATIONS: AN OVERVIEW""; ""CHAPTER 1 Convergence in Communications and Beyond: An Introduction""; ""CHAPTER 2 Convergence, the Internet and Multimedia: Implications for the Evolution of Industries and Technologies""; ""CHAPTER 3 Convergence and Implications for Users, Market Players and Regulators""; ""PART II: PRACTICAL POLICY PERSPECTIVES FROM THE TRIAD""; ""CHAPTER 4 The Impact of Internet on Communications Regulatory Models in Europe""; ""CHAPTER 5 US Policy on Global Electronic Commerce and the Internet"" ; ""CHAPTER 6 The New Direction of Regulation and Deregulation in the Converging Japanese Telecommunications Market""""PART III: INTERNET AND USER DEMAND""; ""CHAPTER 7 Network Demand Model and Global Internet Traffic Forecasting""; ""CHAPTER 8 Pricing and Residential Internet Traffic""; ""CHAPTER 9 Closing in on the Web Consumer - A Study in Internet Shopping""; ""PART IV: CONVERGENCE AND BUSINESS NETWORKING""; ""CHAPTER 10 Governance and Technological Change: Transaction Costs in Telco-equipment Supplier Networks"" ; ""CHAPTER 11 The Impact of Information Technology on the Boundaries of the Firm""""CHAPTER 12 Electronic Coordination of Retailer-Supplier Transactions: Implications for Business-to-business Electronic Commerce""; ""PART V: CONVERGENCE, STRATEGY AND STRUCTURE""; ""CHAPTER 13 The Flexible Specialization Path of the Internet""; ""CHAPTER 14 Firmsâ€? Heterogeneity and Dynamics of Entry in a New Sector: An Empirical Analysis of the Multimedia Sector""; ""CHAPTER 15 Industrial Organizational Implications of Electronic Commerce"" ; ""CHAPTER 16 Local Versus Global Markets in Electronic Commerce: Towards a Conceptualization of Local Electronic Commerce Strategies""""PART VI: CONVERGENCE AND REGULATORY TRANSFORMATION""; ""CHAPTER 17 Toward a Theory of the Global Liberalization of Telecommunications: Implications for Convergence Regulation""; ""CHAPTER 18 Toward an Integrated Universal Services Policy for the “Mediamaticsâ€? Sector""; ""CHAPTER 19 Regulatory Challenges in Convergence: Beyond Internet Telephony"" ; ""CHAPTER 20 Converging European Communications Regulation: From Structural Regulation to Behavioural Competition Law""""CHAPTER 21 The Road to Global Regulation of Electronic Commerce""; ""PART VII: CONVERGENCE, FUTURES AND RESEARCH AGENDAS""; ""CHAPTER 22 Paths to Convergence: The Roles of Popularisation, Virtualisation and Intermediation""; ""CHAPTER 23 A Perspective on the Information Economy""; ""CHAPTER 24 Four Convergences and a Trade Funeral?""; ""AUTHOR INFORMATION""; ""INDEX""
• Sommario/riassunto: Represents a holistic approach to convergence, bringing to bear a number of critical perspectives: economics, engineering, business, organization theory, psychology, and policy analysis. This book is useful for schools of communication, centers for telecommunications studies, business schools, policy departments, and telecommunication operators.
• Titolo autorizzato: Convergence in communications and beyond
• ISBN: 0-08-054702-8
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910819730403321
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