Strategic behaviour in network industries a multidisciplinary approach
This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to materiali...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham, Glos, U.K
Edward Elgar
c2009
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | This in-depth book explains how institutional changes such as the privatization and liberalization of network industries, for example transport, energy or telecommunications, can frequently be disappointing. The expected benefits such as lower prices, innovation and better services fail to materialize, often because the number of competitors is low. The authors demonstrate how strategic actor behaviour of one or more of the firms involved can help explain these disappointing results 1. Introduction -- 2. Defining strategic behaviour -- 3. General breeding grounds for strategic behaviour -- 4. Recent trends in infrastructure-based sectors -- 5. The EU-US 2007 Open Skies Treaty -- 6. Enron / Mark de Bruijne -- 7. American Telephone and Telegraph Company -- 8. UMTS spectrum auctions in the EU -- 9. Microsoft -- 10. Analysis -- 11. Counterarrangements |
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| Physical Description: | x, 214 p ill |
| ISBN: | 1847206107 9781847206107 9781848449459 |