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Providing a coherent and multidisciplinary approach to
digitalization, this Modern Guide aims to systematize how the
digitalization process affects infrastructure-based industries,
including telecommunications, transport, energy, water and postal
services. This important book reviews the literature on how digital
technologies can impact infrastructure design, construction and
maintenance costs, with specific references for each industry.
Contributors analyse how digitalization is disrupting traditional
infrastructure managers in terms of capacity management and traffic
flows as well as discussing key topics including data governance,
data sharing, digital platforms and sector convergence. With
special attention devoted to regulatory and governance challenges,
this will be welcomed by researchers of network industries and
digitalization. This will also be of special interest to academics
and scholars interested in the digitalization process, data
governance and infrastructure management.
Taking a global approach, this insightful Handbook brings together
leading researchers to provide a comprehensive overview of the
state-of-the-art in railway regulation with a particular focus on
countries that rely heavily on railways for transportation links,
such as Japan, India and France. Despite numerous liberalisation
attempts in recent years, the railway sector is still excessively
complex, with regulations varying throughout the world. The
Handbook on Railway Regulation gathers, for the first time, these
various approaches and practices, using a historical and systematic
approach to identify the main lessons for all countries. The
Handbook also considers the most pressing issues for those working
in and with railway systems, and outlines future trends in the
development of global rail. Specific topics covered include the
digitalization dilemma in the industry, rail sector reforms and
regulation, and competition in the market for rail freight and
passenger services. This Handbook provides an invaluable
contribution to the discussion of railway regulation worldwide, and
will be a crucial compendium for students and scholars of
transportation, regulation and competition looking to explore
different approaches to the topic. This will also be an invaluable
read for railway policymakers and regulators looking to deepen
their understanding of contemporary regulations around the world.
Cutting through the confusion around the nature and implications of
digitalization, this book explores the rise of the new digital
networks, how they affect traditional infrastructure, and how they
will eventually need to be regulated. The authors examine how
digitalization affects infrastructures in telecommunications,
transport, and energy, and how digital platforms establish
themselves as a new network on top of and in addition to
traditional ones. Complex concepts are introduced through short and
colorful stories about the founders of the most popular platforms
(Google, Facebook, Skype, Uber, etc.) and how they grew to
positions of power, drawing parallels with century-old traditional
network industries' monopoly power (AT&T, General Electric,
etc.). The authors argue that these digital platforms strongly
interfere with traditional infrastructures that are heavily
regulated and provide essential services for society - meaning that
digital platforms should be considered as a new and much more
powerful type of infrastructure and will require regulation
accordingly. A global audience of policy makers, public
authorities, consultants, lawyers, students, and academics, as well
as anyone with an interest in these digital platforms, will find
this book enlightening and essential reading.
Cutting through the confusion around the nature and implications of
digitalization, this book explores the rise of the new digital
networks, how they affect traditional infrastructure, and how they
will eventually need to be regulated. The authors examine how
digitalization affects infrastructures in telecommunications,
transport, and energy, and how digital platforms establish
themselves as a new network on top of and in addition to
traditional ones. Complex concepts are introduced through short and
colorful stories about the founders of the most popular platforms
(Google, Facebook, Skype, Uber, etc.) and how they grew to
positions of power, drawing parallels with century-old traditional
network industries' monopoly power (AT&T, General Electric,
etc.). The authors argue that these digital platforms strongly
interfere with traditional infrastructures that are heavily
regulated and provide essential services for society - meaning that
digital platforms should be considered as a new and much more
powerful type of infrastructure and will require regulation
accordingly. A global audience of policy makers, public
authorities, consultants, lawyers, students, and academics, as well
as anyone with an interest in these digital platforms, will find
this book enlightening and essential reading.
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