Telecom Italia: Italy's high tech old-style telecoms incumbent.

The Telecoms Boom and Bust 1996 to 2002 has had a significant impact on the structure of the Telecommunications Industry. During the boom it seemed as if new entrant telecoms operators, entering on the back of new technologies, might even replace the incumbent operators such as Telecom Italia, Deutsche Telekom and France Telecom. But the bust has decisively reversed this tendency. The aim of this paper is to examine in detail some of the major recent changes that have taken place in Telecom Italia and the forces that have driven these changes.

Models of Innovation in Global ICT Firms: The Emerging Global Innnovation Ecosystems

This report focuses on the changing models of innovation adopted by some of the largest and most innovative global ICT companies in the world, including Apple, BT, Google, Microsoft, Skype, Telefonica and Vodafone. One of the main contributions of this report is to demonstrate that in order to understand these innovation models, it is necessary, at the same time to understand the dynamics of innovation at sector level. Beginning with an analysis of the innovation process in the ICT ecosystem, the author drills down into the company global innovation ecosystems that have been created by these global companies. In addition he explores some of the implications that proliferating company global innovation ecosystems have for government policy. He concludes that whilst innovation is changing the world, changing global circumstances are in turn transforming the innovation model in companies, both large and small, around the world.JRC.J.3-Information Societ

Telecommunications

What is the telecommunications industry? How does it relate to other activities in areas such as computing, software, semiconductors, the internet and electronic commerce, and the media? Where are its boundaries? What products and services should be included within it? What are its major markets? Which companies should be included in the industry? In this paper, we tackle these important questions by developing a layer model in order to map the industry. Layer models generally have a long and distinguished history in the telecommunications and computing fields. In the area of engineering and software design, they allow engineers to reduce and render tractable the awesome complexity of complex systems. They help to achieve this purpose essentially by decomposing the system into relatively autonomous subsystems that interact with each other through an interface that is often standardized in order to facilitate coordination. But, in this paper, the layer model does more than merely decompose a complex system into component subsystems. While each layer may be thought of as a subsystem (usually further subdivided into sub-sub-systems, and even further subdivided), the layer model also, by its nature, draws attention to the interdependence of each layer on the layers below and above it. By decomposing the telecommunications industry into different layers, and further by analysing the interdependence between the major layers that compose the industry, we will provide a detailed assessment of an industry, characterized by recurrent technological innovation and faced with an increasing diversification of demand. The reader should note that this article draws heavily on our telecoms website: http://www.TelecomVisions.com.

Some consequences of the subjectivist approach to economic theory

A Dissertation Submitted to the Faculty of Arts University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg for the Degree of Master of Arts Johannesburg 197

Explaining the Success of the Asian NICs: incentives and technology

SUMMARY This article sets out the essential links in the neoclassical interpretation of Asian NIC performance, as exemplified in the work of Little and Balassa. It considers some theoretical weaknesses in the neoclassical argument; and summarises evidence about South Korea which questions the argument on empirical grounds. To understand the sources of economic growth in the Asian NICs the theoretical framework must be expanded to include not only prices but also the process of innovation, especially in production engineering. RESUMEN Explicación del éxito de los países asiáticos no industrializados: incentivos y tecnología Este articulo expone los vínculos esenciales existentes en la interpretación neoclásica de la trayectoria de los países asiáticos no industrializados, según aparecen ejemplificades en el trabajo de Little y Balassa. Considera algunas debilidades de los planteamientos neoclásicos y detalla hechos de Corea del Sur. cuestionando aquellos sobre bases empíricas. Para comprender la fuentes del crecimiento económico de los países asiáticos no industrializados, es necesario ampliar el marco teórico de modo de incluir no sólo los precios, sino también la innovación, especialmente en los que se refiere a ingeniería de producción. RESUMES La clé du succès du NICs en Asie: les motifs et la technologie Cet article établit les liens essentiels dans l'interprétation néoclassique de l'accomplissement du NIC en Asie, vu à travers le travail de Little et Balassa. Il considère certaines faiblesses théoriques dans l'argument neo?classique; et résume l'évidence au sujet de la Corée du Sud qui met en question l'argument à un niveau empirique. Afin de comprendre les sources de croissance économique dans le NIC en Asie la structure théorique doit être développé afin d'inclure non seulement les prix mais aussi le procédé d'innovation, surtout dans la production de la construction mécanique

The market and beyond

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Japan's Computer and Communications Industry

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