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

Format:

Book

Contributor:

International Telecommunications Society. International Conference 1998 : Stockholm, Sweden)

Bohlin, Erik, 1961-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Telecommunication policy--Congresses.

Telecommunication policy.

Telecommunication--Congresses.

Telecommunication.

Telecommunication--Law and legislation--Congresses.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (442 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Amsterdam ; New York : Elsevier Science, 2000.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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.

Contents:

""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 Firms� 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 “Mediamatics� 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""

Notes:

Selected and edited papers from the 12th Biennial Conference of the International Telecommunications Society, Stockholm, June 20-24, 1998.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0-08-054702-8

OCLC:

56117418