Die Volksrepublik China ist, nach den USA, der zweitgrößte Markt für Mobiltelefone. Bereits heute nutzen 59,3 Mill. Chinesen die Möglichkeit der mobilen Kommunikation, und jeden Monat wird die Nutzerzahl um etwa zwei Millionen steigen, so dass am Jahresende rund 70 Mill. Mobiltelefonnutzer...

Der Ländervergleich zeigte, dass die Einführung und Stimulierung von Wettbewerb zu merkbaren Wohlfahrtsgewinnen in einzelnen Marktsegmenten - Fernverkehr und internationaler Verkehr - geführt hat. Erkennbar wurde auch, dass der Einsatz sektorspezifischer Regulierung tendenziell zu höheren...

Using data on 87 new product introductions (NPI) and foreign market entries (FME) of telecommunications service providers which were derived from a written survey of 42 key informants in Germany the present empirical study looks at the extent to which choices of market entry timing positions...

Today's businesses are no longer arranged as a value chain but rather as a complex network of entities with intertwined relations. To identify disruptions it is hence more efficient to consider businesses as ecosystems. The mobile communication ecosystem which was until now quite healthy finds...

Loyalty programs have been the object of a growing interest in the area of marketing. However, it is quite surprising that there is no generally accepted theoretical or empirical research that study how these programs could elicit negative effects over consumer behavior. Using a two-step method,...

Multiple mobile phone (M²P) usage has become an increasing practice in Nigeria but little is known about the factors propelling it or related communication processes. An examination of its operations reveals interaction with economic and social factors for reduction in call costs and management...

Science and technology have been the driving force of development for knowledge-based economies. In particular, as competition in mobile communications technology innovation among countries become more intense, there are growing needs for enhanced judgment, evaluation, and prediction of...

This survey paper analyses some of the fundamental economic and management science issues concerning the communications and information economy ,with special emphasis on mobile communications. Are first highlighted major trends such as the balkanisation of the communications networks , and the...