Overview

Telecommunications systems are a fundamental means by which both societies and economies are organized and managed. The link between telecommunications and economic development is well established and well tested by sophisticated econometric analysis. This volume takes a broader approach to the connection and is as much concerned with the social as with the economic. Four themes are considered. ""Telecommunications and Development"" focuses on the diffusion of new telecommunications technology and the impact of telecommunications investment within and among regions. ""International Dimensions"" examines the political, stategic and legal environment in which new telecommunications technology evolves and is used. The role and impact of telecommunications within firms is investigated in ""Organisational Aspects"", though not from the ""telecommunications as oil"" perspective of so much recent analysis. The last section, ""Country Studies"", looks at telecommunications issues in the Asia-Pacific region, in South America and in the former communist nations of Central and Eastern Europe.

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Author:   S. Macdonald ,  G. Madden
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 2.60cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.820kg
ISBN:  

9780444826480

ISBN 10:   0444826483
Pages:   460
Publication Date:   16 October 1998
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Section headings and selected chapters. Telecommunications and Development. Telecommunications infrastructure and invention, innovation, and diffusion process (S. Braman). Measuring the gains from Asia-Pacific trade in telecommunications (G. Madden, S.J. Savage). International Dimensions. Contested arenas in international telecommunications: towards and integral political perspective (R. Joseph, P. Drahos). Strategic alliances for the provision of new telecommunications services: a methodological approach to a European satellite system (B. Sapio, P. Bonazinga). Organisational Aspects. Explaining the use of inter-firm data networks for electronic transactions: the case of the pharmaceutical and advertising industries in France (L. Caby et al.). Telecommunications and market efficiency: the missing link (T. Newstead). Country Studies. From path-dependent processes of structural change to a diversity of market models in central European countries' telecommunications (H. Kontkiewicz-Chachulska, D. Phan). Liberalisation and privatisation: telecommunications reforms in Sri Lanka (S. Jayasuriya, M. Knight-John).

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