This article contains a summary of the "Austrian Report on Technology 1997" drafted within the framework of the Austrian tip program. The Report on Technology provides an overview of facts and linkages within the Austrian innovation system as seen from an international perspective. It is...

Since the mid 1980s, the regulatory framework of the telecommunications sector has been undergoing a process of reform on an international scale. Market conditions have to be adjusted to technological change. Regulation is an element of technology policy, as it provides incentives for the...

Many countries have started to liberalize market access to the electricity supply sector. The reform of the regulatory framework for utilities can – although primarily focused on fostering competition – play an important role for technology and environmental policy. Recent liberalization...