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Regulation and the evolution of the global telecommunications industry
Gentzoglanis, Anastassios (contributor);  … - 2010
After decades of liberalization of the telecommunications industry around the world and technological convergence that … allows for increasing competition, sector-specific regulation of telecommunications has been on the decline. As a result, the … telecommunications industry stands in the middle of a debate that calls for either a total deregulation of access to broadband …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011852139
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Liberalization of the postal and delivery sector
Crew, Michael A. (ed.); Kleindorfer, Paul R. (ed.) - Conference on Postal and Delivery Economics <Bern, … - 2006
Worldwide, postal and delivery economics has attracted considerable interest as the delivery sector undergoes rapid change and the debate on liberalization rages. This compendium of original essays has been selected from papers presented at the Rutgers University CRRI 14th Conference on Postal...
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Refining regulatory regimes : utilities in Europe
Windhoff-Héritier, Adrienne (contributor);  … - 2005
With regulation seeking to foster competition at the same time as also having to protect essential services, the authors investigate regulatory styles, costs of new regulatory functions and how firms in the new regulatory landscape access and influence regulatory authorities. The authors...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011851960
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City taxes, city spending : essays in honor of Dick Netzer
Schwartz, Amy Ellen (contributor); Netzer, Dick (contributor) - 2004
An illustrious group of economists contribute to this volume honoring Dick Netzer, the public finance economist well-known for his research on state and local taxation, the provision of urban public services, and non-profit organizations. Following in his tradition, the contributors apply...
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Local public finance in Central and Eastern Europe
Šević, Željko (ed.) - 2008
this book provide comprehensive coverage of a transitional Europe that encompasses both modern local public finance theory …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014474019
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Mapping national innovation ecosystems : foundations for policy consensus
Frenkel, Amnon - 2014
decision-making practitioners that links theory with case-based learning opportunities.'--Michael Radnor, Chairman and co … countries (Israel, Poland, Germany, France, Spain and Singapore), and two regions (Greater Toronto and ZhiangJiang Technology …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011850920
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Foreign direct investment and corporate networking : a framework for spatial analysis of investment conditions
Morsink, Robert L. A. - 1998
the theory of international production and the theory of economic geography. It develops a model for explaining why … the European Union. Then, he goes into investments originating from the United States, Japan, Germany and the Netherlands …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10014473753
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MicroFranchising : creating wealth at the bottom of the pyramid
Fairbourne, Jason S. (contributor);  … - 2007
Why microfranchising is needed now : introduction and book overview / Jason S. Fairbourne -- Microfranchising : the next step on the development ladder / Stephen W. Gibson -- The informal economy and microfranchising / Michael Henriques and Mathias Herr -- Current international development tools...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012419999
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Utility regulation in competitive markets : problems and progress
Robinson, Colin (contributor) - 2007
Introduction / Colin Robinson -- 1. Beyond regulation / Stephen Littlechild -- Comment / Colin Robinson -- 2. Ronald coase and the spectrum question / Thomas W. Hazlett -- Comment / Leonard Waverman -- 3. European energy liberalisation : progress and problems / Jorge Vasconcelos -- Comment /...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420011
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Global control : information technology and globalization since 1845
McMahon, Peter - 2002
1. Social organization, control and information technology -- 2. Telecommunications and the nineteenth-century liberal …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10012420112