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This book provides evolutionary and institutional perspectives on
the reform of infrastructure industries, tracing the development of
this process in a number of sectors and countries.The contributors
contend that infrastructure based industries such as
telecommunications, public transport, water management and energy
have been increasingly exposed to the dynamism of the market since
becoming privatized, and have therefore been stimulated into
short-term efficiency and long-term innovation. Drawing on
institutional economic theory backed up with case studies such as
the California energy crisis, the Dutch gas industry, oil and
electricity companies in Spain and the privatization of Schipol
airport in Amsterdam, the book focuses on process, driving forces,
and actors' roles to explain how new balances are established
between competing institutions. The degree to which the processes
of institutional change are predictable and the effects of
deliberate strategic interventions of governments or private actors
are explored. Specific technical and sector aspects and their
influence on institutional change in various infrastructures are
also discussed. This book will strongly appeal to academics and
practitioners in politics or industry with an interest in
industrial, evolutionary institutional or public sector economics.
In recent decades, all infrastructures have undergone significant
restructuring. This worldwide phenomenon is often labelled
'liberalization' and although expectations were high with respect
to lower prices, greater efficiency and innovation, the expected
gains have not always been fully realized. This extensive,
state-of-the-art Handbook provides a comprehensive overview of the
various experiences of liberalization across different sectors,
regions and disciplines. The multidisciplinary approach focuses on
the economic, political and institutional aspects of
liberalization, as well as to a lesser extent on technological
issues. As such, it constitutes a unique contribution as this broad
overview is often lost in the sector specific, country-focused and
purely disciplinary approaches prevalent in the current literature.
Sectors explored include telecoms, the Internet, energy and
transport, while the truly global perspective incorporates unique
case studies from an array of developed and developing countries
including the US, China, India and the EU. The International
Handbook of Network Industries will become the definitive volume
for academics researchers and students of economics, political
science and law interested in infrastructure regulation. It will
also prove a valuable guide to practitioners and policy makers
involved in liberalization and competition.
This book addresses critical issues in the governance of network
industries in terms of institutional design, technology and
policy.Infrastructures are subject to substantial readjustments of
governance structures, often labeled as liberalization,
privatization or reregulation. This affects all traditional
infrastructure sectors including communications, energy, transport
and water. This volume highlights and illustrates some of the major
challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries
from an economic, institutional, political and technological
perspective. The three parts of the book address the institutional
design of infrastructures, the role of technology in different
sectors, and actor behavior. Adopting a multidisciplinary
perspective, this book will appeal to economists and political
scientists with an interest in the management of network
industries. It will also be of great value to policy-makers and
regulators in the field.
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