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A must-read for scholars and researchers studying network infrastructures from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Provides the necessary theoretical concepts to analyse the interdependencies between technologies and institutions along three layers and delivers in-depth case studies through which these theoretical insights come to life.
Sommario
Introduction. Lifting the veil; Part I. Conceptual Framework: 1. Network infrastructures - from coordination to alignment; 2. Institutional embeddedness - a conceptual challenge; 3. Technology in three dimensions - economics meets system engineering; 4. Bringing together two worlds apart; Part II. Empirical Explorations: 5. Structures - unravelling the energy transition; 6. Governance - a tale of a city's water and wastewater network; 7. Transactions - the many challenges self-driving vehicles face; 8. Taking stock, looking ahead.
Info autore
Rolf Künneke is Professor, Economics of Infrastructures, Delft University of Technology. He has a long research record on the restructuring of the energy sector.Claude Ménard is Professor of Economics, Centre d'Economie de la Sorbonne, co-founder and past president of the International Society for New Institutional Economics (now SIOE) and a former co-editor of the Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization.John Groenewegen is Professor Emeritus, Delft University of Technology. He is past president of the Association for Evolutionary Economics (AFEE) and past general secretary of the European Association for Evolutionary Political Economy (EAEPE).
Riassunto
A must-read for scholars and researchers studying network infrastructures from a multi-disciplinary perspective. Provides the necessary theoretical concepts to analyse the interdependencies between technologies and institutions along three layers and delivers in-depth case studies through which these theoretical insights come to life.
Testo aggiuntivo
'This book is a critical element to understand the functioning and performance of network infrastructures. By exploring ways in which institutions and technology interact in shaping network infrastructures performance, it opens a new perspective to our understanding of a highly complex topic. It is a must read for all interested in the key role that networks have in modern society.' Pablo T. Spiller, University of California, Berkeley
