Cornelius Graack - Böcker

Competition in network industries faces particular problems which are analyzed from both a theoretical and policy perspective. Issues of vertical integration, deregulation and privatization are covered. While competition and privatization are rapidly unfolding in telecommunications in Western and Eastern Europe, energy and railway transportation represent sectors of more gradual liberalization. The different market characteristics of telecommunications, energy and transportation raise consistency problems in the fields of deregulation, investment strategies and internationalization. While transformation policies create opportunities for liberalization in Eastern Europe and Russia the latter shows critical problems in ending monopoly and state ownership. Network industries could be subject to competition and promise major investment opportunities plus consumer benefits.

Die Telekommunikationswirtschaft ist das Nervensystem der modernen Wirtschafts- und Freizeitgesellschaft in Europa. Dieses Buch behandelt die strategische Rolle der Telekommunikation in der Informationsgesellschaft, prasentiert aktuelle internationale Entwicklungen und diskutiert die zentralen Aspekte einer zukunftsweisenden Deregulierungspolitik sowie Liberalisierungsoptionen in Deutschland und den EU-Partnerlandern. Privatisierungsaspekte, das Phanomen internationaler Allianzen und langfristige Internationalisierungstendenzen werden in ihren wirtschaftlichen Bedeutungen analysiert.