Smart Revolution Towards the Sustainable Digital Society

Edited by Hitoshi Mitomo, Waseda University, Hidenori Fuke, Professor Emeritus, Komazawa University, Tokyo, Japan and Erik Bohlin, Chalmers University of Technology, Gothenburg, Sweden

• Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION: THE IMPACT OF THE SMART REVOLUTION Erik Bohlin, Hidenori Fuke and Hitoshi Mitomo PART I ICT ECOSYSTEM IN TRANSFORMATION1. The Dominance of the IT Industry in a Converging ICT EcosystemAnders Henten and Reza Tadayoni2. Model Analysis of the Two-sided Market of the Mobile Broadband Business: in Japan and WorldwideKeisuke Takachi and Toshiya Jitsuzumi3. Digital Power Shift from Network to Smart Devices: How will Regulators Cope with Digital Power?Minoru SugayaPART II WHAT DID THE SMART REVOLUTION ACHIEVE FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIETY?4. Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Social Media Use and Product Innovation: Focusing on SNS Use and Social CapitalHiroki Idota, Teruyuki Bunno and Masatsugu Tsuji5. Efficiency of Transport Infrastructure and ICT DevelopmentKyoung-Youn Na and Chang-Ho Yoon6. Telecommunication Service Countermeasures against Disasters: Japanese Peoples’ Willingness to Pay for Telecommunication ServicesAkihiro Nakamura7. The Role of Media and ICT to Motivate People to take Post-quake Recovery Action: An Evidence of the “Pythagorean Effect”Hitoshi Mitomo, Tokio Otsuka and Mikio KimuraPART III NEW ISSUES CREATED BY THE SMART REVOLUTION8. Customer Service Quality and Incomplete Information in Mobile Telecommunications: A Game Theoretical Approach to Consumer ProtectionRafael López, Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, Teresa Garín-Muñoz and Covadonga Gijón9. Industry-specific Patterns Inherent in Personal Information Leakage Incidents in Japan: Analyses of an Incident DatabaseNaoko SakuraiPART IV REGULATION REQUIRED FOR THE SMART REVOLUTION10. Smart Devices, Fixed/mobile Convergence and the Cloud: Some Medium Term Regulatory ChallengesMartin Cave and Keiko Hatta11. Problems with International Mobile Roaming – Excessive Deregulation Works Against User’s InterestsHidenori FukePART V NEW FEATURES IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY12. An Estimation of Marginal WTP for Variety in the Broadcasting PlatformManabu Shishikura and Norihiro Kasuga13. The Impact of Newly-emerging Media on Traditional Media Platforms in Taiwan: A Co-opetition PerspectiveYu-li LiuPART VI THE SMART REVOLUTION IN COUNTRIES14. The Australian Digital Market: Opportunities and ChallengesGary Madden and Hasnat Ahmad15. NGA Networks as Basis for a Sustainable Digital Society – European Country Studies (Germany, UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland)Ernst-Olav Ruhle, Matthias Ehrler, Natascha Freund and Martin Lundborg 16. Understanding Market Definition, Relevant Market and Significant Market Power (SMP) Frameworks in the EUChatchai Kongaut and Erik BohlinIndex