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Klappentext Telecommunications systems are central to the development of a global economy, and are fundamental to the means by which most business is conducted, organised and managed. These papers tacitly stress the importance of path dependence; that is, institutional features and history, are important in determining telecommunications futures. Zusammenfassung Telecommunications systems are central to the development of a global economy! and are fundamental to the means by which most business is conducted! organised and managed. These papers tacitly stress the importance of path dependence; that is! institutional features and history! are important in determining telecommunications futures. Inhaltsverzeichnis 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).
