Frontiers Of Broadband, Electronic And Mobile Commerce (contributions To Economics)

The present volume analyses the frontiers of broadband, electronic and mobile commerce markets. High-capacity and intelligent mobile telecommunication networks have resulted in new services, such as SMS and Internet banking. Growth in mobile Internet network infrastructure and subscription has provided a base for the development of e-commerce. Accordingly, recent research on broadband networks is forward-looking, e.g., forecasting Internet telephony adoption and the structure of future retail markets. The broadband regime brings with it concerns of identifying appropriate standards and delivery for universal service. Regulation and pricing are matters of importance as well as appropriate investment decisions within a market of ongoing innovation. The volume is devided in five sections: e-commerce business models, network technology and productivity, demand and pricing, market growth, regulation and investment, and issues related to the development imperative. Russel Cooper and Gary Madden The present volume analyses the frontiers of broadband, electronic and mobile commerce markets. High-capacity and intelligent mobile telecommunication net­ works have resulted in new services, such as SMS and Internet banking. Growth in mobile Internet network infrastructure and subscription has provided a base for the development of e-commerce. Accordingly, recent research on broadband net­ works is forward-looking, e. g. , forecasting Internet telephony adoption and the structure of future retail markets. The broadband regime brings with it concerns of identifying appropriate standards and delivery for universal service. Regulation and pricing are matters of importance as well as appropriate investment decisions within a market of ongoing innovation. The volume is divided in five parts: e-commerce business models; network technology and productivity; demand and pricing; market growth, regulation and investment; and issues related to the development imperative. The structure of the volume is guided by the basic themes considered at the International Telecommu­ nications Society's Asia-Australasian Regional Conference "Mcbusiness, E­ commerce and the Impact of Broadband on regional Development and Business Prospects", which took place in Perth Western Australia on 22-24 June 2003. The volume contains a selection of papers presented at this conference as well as four additional invited papers, commissioned to augment the volume. The invited pa­ pers are authored by Jerry Hausman (Chapter 1), Jeffery Bernstein and Charles Zarkadas (Chapter 6), M. Ishaq Nadiri and Banani Nandi (Chapter 8) and Glenn Woroch (Chapter 13). Front Matter....Pages I-XIII Introduction....Pages 1-6 Front Matter....Pages 7-7 Cellular 3G Broadband and WiFi....Pages 9-25 Geographic and Socially Embedded B2C and B2B E-Commerce....Pages 27-41 SME International E-Commerce Activity....Pages 43-62 SME Interaction in Supply Chains....Pages 63-70 Front Matter....Pages 71-71 Deciding on Network Architecture for 3G Wireless Services....Pages 73-86 Measurement of TFP Growth for US Telecommunications....Pages 87-109 Measuring TFP for an Expanding Telecommunications Network....Pages 111-132 Dynamic Aspects of US Telecommunications Productivity Measurement....Pages 133-146 Front Matter....Pages 147-147 Korean Wireless Data Communication Markets and Consumer Technology....Pages 149-164 WTP Analysis of Mobile Internet Demand....Pages 165-179 Asymmetry in Pricing Information Goods....Pages 181-192 Front Matter....Pages 193-193 Measuring Telecommunication System Network Effects....Pages 195-220 Open Access Rules and Equilibrium Broadband Deployment....Pages 221-246 Spectrum Management and Mobile Telephone Service Markets....Pages 247-265 Rational Explanations of ICT Investment....Pages 267-284 Front Matter....Pages 285-285 North African Information Networks....Pages 287-302 OECD Broadband Market Developments....Pages 303-313 Understanding the Evolving Digital Divide....Pages 315-331 Back Matter....Pages 333-340 An analysis of the frontiers of broadband, electronic and mobile commerce markets. The book is divided into five sections: e-commerce business models, network technology and productivity, demand and pricing market growth, regulation and investment, and issues related to the development imperative