Intermodal competition in local telecommunications markets

Article Abstract:

A Cournot framework is presented to examine the effects of wireless service and high-speed connections on the competition between Incumbent Local Exchange Carriers (ILECs) and Competitive Local Exchange Carriers (CLECs) in local telecommunication markets. The results indicate that the wireless and high-speed services adversely affect ILEC lines.

United States, Wireless communications services, Wireless communication systems, Wireless voice/data service

---

Financing of technology-intensive small businesses: some evidence on the uniqueness of the ICT sector

Article Abstract:

Besides market forces, the information and communications technology (ICT) firms are subject to the network effects that determine their financing patterns. The growth options for ICT firms and other small businesses are examined upon reviewing the capital structure and using a small business data from Finland.

Finland

---

The welfare effect of quality degradation in the presence of network externalities

Article Abstract:

Extending the discussion on damaged goods to markets with network externalities, the impact of network externalities on a monopolist's incentive for quality degradation and its welfare consequence are examined. The software and Internet service industries exhibit the practice of quality degradation.

United Kingdom, Product quality, Quality Control Management, Analysis, Quality management, Quality control, Externalities (Economics)

Similar abstracts:

• Abstracts: Efficient competition in local telecommunications without excessive regulation. Optimal access pricing with interconnection obligation
• Abstracts: The effect of Section 271 on competitive entry into local telecommunications markets: an initial evaluation. An assessment of telecommunications reform in developing countries
• Abstracts: International differences in telecommunications demand. Reconciling the off-net cost pricing principle with efficient network utilization
• Abstracts: Can universal service survive in a competitive telecommunications environment? Evidence from the United States consumer expenditure survey
• Abstracts: Networking for foreign direct investment: the telecommunications industry and its effect on investment. Multimarket contact of US newspaper chains: circulation competition and market coordination

This website is not affiliated with document authors or copyright owners. This page is provided for informational purposes only. Unintentional errors are possible.