This paper considers the incentives of firms to conform to an exogenous international product standard. Product standardization enables traditional, price-based international competition. But the existence of redesign costs or network effects creates market frictions that diminish the incentive...

Introduced in the mobile telecommunications market across world, mobile virtual network operators (MVNOs) are considered an effective way to promote competition. However, possible adverse consequences for infrastructure investment of mobile network operators (MNOs) create concern. In this paper,...

The objective of this research was to assess the quality of service delivered by MTN to itssubscribers. The mobile telecommunications industry in South Africa is not sufficientlycompetitive and so mobile operators can afford to ignore the quality of services theyprovide to their subscribers...

The ability to distribute and share rich media content across mobile networks representsa commercial opportunity for firms in such diverse industries as telecommunications,information technology, media and consumer electronics. Drawing on expert interviewswith industry executives, this study...

Die Regulierung eines Marktes ist das Ergebnis eines komplexen Prozesses, der sowohl von politischen als auch wirtschaftlichen Kräften beeinflusst wird. In drei sich ergänzenden Essays wird die Frage ökonometrisch untersucht, wie die Wirkungen und die Leistungsfähigkeit von Regulierungen neu...

This study will propose ways in which companies can focus retention strategies in the local prepaid mobile telecommunications sector. Currently there is little academic literature on this topic, even though in-house marketing research has been done by the operators.The purpose of this research...