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This international volume presents a comprehensive, comparative
study of the transformation of the European telecommunications
industry from 1990 to the present. The book focuses on the old
incumbent operators and their dramatic change from state agencies
to listed companies. It analyzes the liberalization process, as
well as the corporatization and privatization of these companies.
The contributors assess the conditions for the transformations
taking place; the driving forces for change; the effects to
management, the efforts of the EU during these processes, and
ultimately, the role of the private owner. Political science
publications have all but excluded analysis of the newly privatized
companies; their contribution to the liberalization process both
before and after privatization; and the interplay between the
national political and company levels. The book redresses this
shortcoming, and also features a double empirical focus in that the
main national incumbents in Europe are analyzed and compared to
Telenor, the Norwegian former incumbent.
Telecommunications is one of the most dynamic industries in the
modern world, with new products and technologies appearing almost
every week. As in many other industries, the last twenty years have
brought extensive and far reaching liberalization, with more and
more countries opening their markets. In the last decade all but
five Member States of the European Union have legislated for full
opening of all market segments. The remaining five look set for
further liberalization befor 2004. This book examines the process
and consequences of telecommunications liberalization in the
context of ever closer European Union. The creation of a single
market for telecommunications and of a wider European single market
mirror one another. Telecommunications are also something of a test
case for the privatization process, as this sector has
traditionally been a state monopoly. The volume approaches the
European experience from three angles: the politics of regulation
and the process of liberalization in the EU (including case Studies
of the UK, France, and Germany); increasing global economic
interdependence makes international comparisons essential, and the
volume compares the EU experience wi
This international volume presents a comprehensive, comparative
study of the transformation of the European telecommunications
industry from 1990 to the present. The book focuses on the old
incumbent operators and their dramatic change from state agencies
to listed companies. It analyzes the liberalization process, as
well as the corporatization and privatization of these companies.
The contributors assess the conditions for the transformations
taking place; the driving forces for change; the effects to
management, the efforts of the EU during these processes, and
ultimately, the role of the private owner. Political science
publications have all but excluded analysis of the newly privatized
companies; their contribution to the liberalization process both
before and after privatization; and the interplay between the
national political and company levels. The book redresses this
shortcoming, and also features a double empirical focus in that the
main national incumbents in Europe are analyzed and compared to
Telenor, the Norwegian former incumbent.
This book provides a comprehensive overview of why European
integration in foreign and security policy has proved so difficult.
The obstacles to developing the common policy in this second pillar
of the European Union go to the heart of debates around the
sovereignty of the nation-state. A leading group of international
contributors explain how these problems arise and consider the
future prospects of developing a more regional-based solution.
Broadly organized around the three areas of policy, actors and
issues, the first section traces the reluctant growth of EU
integration in foreign and security policy as it developed from the
mid-1980s. In the second section the national policies and
interests that typically obstruct a common policy are explored
through four key member states. The third section considers ways of
addressing problems like the EU's expansion to include Central and
Eastern Europe, the impact of an independent European security
identity on the transatlantic relationship, as well as the
potential risks to European security from the Mediterranean rim.
Managing Public Organizations presents the case for the development
of public management and indicates the directions it should take.
It reviews the progress of new management initiatives in the
European public sphere; examines the role of the public manager and
the organization of public bodies; and considers the potential for
change.
The contributors reject the notion that there are formulas for
management innovation or that general rules from private sector
management can be applied. They emphasize the need to develop a
concept of management that is appropriate for public
organizations.
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