Tecnología e innovación en la empresa

En la década de los años noventa,el papel de la tecnología y la innovación en la competitividad empresarial alcanzó un reconocimiento generalizado,que vino acompañado de una doble preocupación:entender y profundizar el conocimiento de las características del proceso innovador y,en consecuencia,definir ...

The International Handbook of telecommunications economics

.Vol. II: Emerging telecommunications networks

This reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The handbooks serve both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics. This reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date ...

The regulation of the pharmaceutical industry

How are pharmaceutical technologies developed and controlled in our societies? To what extent should the availability of these technologies be determined by scientific experts, a democratic state, the interests of final users, or ethical principles? This unique collection brings together the work of social scientists ...

Utility and production

a theory and applications

This microeconomics text presents the traditional economic theories about utility and production, as well as the main alternative theories of consumer and company behaviour. It contains new theoretical functions created from specific optimisation procedures. Moreover, it details clearly the common function expression forms such as ...

The political economy of institutional change in the electricity supply industry

Through a variety of analytical lenses, this text helps fill a gap in the political economy of second-wave, or microeconomic, reforms around the world, and more specifically in the context of the electricity supply industry, where such reforms have been as problematic as they have ...

Controlling market power in telecommunicications

antitrust vs sector-specific regulation

Economic regulation in the telecommunications sector can be performed through economy-wide instruments, such as antitrust law and antitrust authorities, or through sector-specific instruments, such as telecommunications regulation and regulatory authorities. Relying on a comparative analysis of five countries, the present book seeks to shed some ...

The economics of hydroelectric power

Despite the extensive body of literature on energy economics, very little economics research has been conducted that focuses specifically on dams and hydroelectric power. This work addresses this deficiency by examining the multiple roles that dams play, as well as the role of hydroelectric power ...

Antitrust law

economic theory and common law evolution

This book is an effort to consolidate several different perspectives on antitrust law. First, Professor Hylton presents a detailed description of the law as it has developed through numerous judicial opinions. Second, the author presents detailed economic critiques of the judicial opinions, drawing heavily on ...

Utility privatization and regulation

a fair deal for consumers?

Latin American countries have now privatized a large number of their utility industries and make more use of market approaches to delivery through networks. Privatization has major consequences for efficiency, long-term growth, consumer welfare and income distribution but insufficient attention has been paid to the ...

Traditional telecommunications networks

This reference work provides a thorough and up-to-date survey and analysis of recent developments in the economics of telecommunications. The handbooks serve both as a source of reference and technical supplement for the field of telecommunications economics. Volume I reviews the traditional literature to bring ...

The evolution of new markets

How do markets evolve? Why are some innovations picked up straightaway whilst others take years to be commercialized? Are there first-mover advantages? Why do we behave with "irrational exuberance" in the early evolution of markets as was the case with the dot.com boom? Paul ...

The New System Competition

Competition between companies tends to be beneficial for the general public, but is this also true for competition between States in a world with global financial markets, low transport costs, and increasing migration? In this book, Hans-Werner Sinn provides an insightful comparison of systems competition ...

Competition and regulation in utility markets

This volume is part of an annual series, published in association with the Institute of Economic Affairs and the London Business School, which provides an up-to-date review of the state of utility regulation in Britain, with some relevant overseas comparisons. The book, edited and with ...

The economics of e-commerce

a strategic guide to understanding and designing the online marketplace

Despite the recent misfortunes of many dotcoms, e-commerce will have major and lasting effects on economic activity. But the rise and fall in the valuations of the first wave of e-commerce companies show that vague promises of distant profits are insufficient. Only business models based ...

Pricing communication services

economics, technology and modelling

Recent advances in technology, combined with the deregulation of the telecommunication market and the proliferation of the Internet, have created a highly competitive environment for communication service providers. There is no simple recipe for pricing network service contracts in all contexts. Pricing is a complex ...

International handbook on privatization

#The challenges of privatization are well described in this International Handbook. On the theoretical side, market efficiency gains are shown to be balanced with agency and market failure losses. Empirically, a wide range of case studies offer many lessons on best practices. The book should ...

Energy in a competitive market

essays in honour of Colin Robinson

#This is a stimulating, informative and remarkably varied collection of papers. It illustrates the great diversity of topics and analytic techniques that characterise the modern competitive energy sector. The papers are a testament to the distinguished and consistent contributions that Colin Robinson has made to ...

Competition policy for small market economies

For the most part, competition policy literature has focused on large economies. Yet the economic paradigms on which such policies are based do not necessarily apply to small market economies. This book demonstrates that optimal competition policy is very much dependent on the size of ...

The economics of schooling and school quality

#Does education cause economic growth? Is education a kind of human capital formation? The human investment revolution in economic thought started in earnest over 40 years ago and then seemed to peter out in the 1970s and 80s. More recently, it has taken off again ...

International airlines alliances

EC competition law/US antitrust law and international air transport

A clear introduction to the background and origin of airline alliances, detailed analysis and comparison of relevant EC competition law and US antitrust law, and possible solutions for the harmonisation of different applications of competition law to international airline alliances INDICE Chapter 1: Relevant Background ...