Kenneth Lipartito
- Published in print:
- 2004
- Published Online:
- September 2007
- ISBN:
- 9780199269044
- eISBN:
- 9780191717123
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780199269044.003.0005
- Subject:
- Business and Management, International Business
This chapter analyses British telecommunications policy. Throughout the 20th century, British telecommunications has remained substantially behind the United States in measures such as productivity ...
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This chapter analyses British telecommunications policy. Throughout the 20th century, British telecommunications has remained substantially behind the United States in measures such as productivity and telephones per capita. Britain also didn't adopt advanced electronic switching technology until nearly two decades after the United States. It lagged behind other nations as well, such as Sweden and Japan. Nor did telecommunications manufacturing firms in Britain keep pace with global leaders. In attempting to redress these failures, however, British policy makers made two mistakes: they ignored powerful international tendencies embodied in ‘best practice’ nations such as the United States; and also responded to backwardness by adhering too closely to policies devised for other places and other times.Less
This chapter analyses British telecommunications policy. Throughout the 20th century, British telecommunications has remained substantially behind the United States in measures such as productivity and telephones per capita. Britain also didn't adopt advanced electronic switching technology until nearly two decades after the United States. It lagged behind other nations as well, such as Sweden and Japan. Nor did telecommunications manufacturing firms in Britain keep pace with global leaders. In attempting to redress these failures, however, British policy makers made two mistakes: they ignored powerful international tendencies embodied in ‘best practice’ nations such as the United States; and also responded to backwardness by adhering too closely to policies devised for other places and other times.
Mark Thatcher
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198280743
- eISBN:
- 9780191684388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198280743.003.0005
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter considers ideas and debates at the international level, especially in the United States, concerning the telecommunications policy and regulations. It traces the development of European ...
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This chapter considers ideas and debates at the international level, especially in the United States, concerning the telecommunications policy and regulations. It traces the development of European Community regulations; whilst not entirely exogenous to British and French policy making, it was external and common to both countries.Less
This chapter considers ideas and debates at the international level, especially in the United States, concerning the telecommunications policy and regulations. It traces the development of European Community regulations; whilst not entirely exogenous to British and French policy making, it was external and common to both countries.
Mark Thatcher
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198280743
- eISBN:
- 9780191684388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198280743.003.0009
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
The 1980s offers an excellent opportunity to study the impact of national institutions on telecommunications policy making. This chapter shows that policy differences between the two countries ...
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The 1980s offers an excellent opportunity to study the impact of national institutions on telecommunications policy making. This chapter shows that policy differences between the two countries continued in the network operation subsector, and indeed became more marked after 1984. It argues that the dissimilarities found were influenced by the institutional contrasts between the two countries, and shows how specific institutional features impacted policy making in each country, resulting in differing national policy patterns. Moreover, it demonstrates how institutional reforms in Britain in 1984 led to a significant break with the previous features of policy making.Less
The 1980s offers an excellent opportunity to study the impact of national institutions on telecommunications policy making. This chapter shows that policy differences between the two countries continued in the network operation subsector, and indeed became more marked after 1984. It argues that the dissimilarities found were influenced by the institutional contrasts between the two countries, and shows how specific institutional features impacted policy making in each country, resulting in differing national policy patterns. Moreover, it demonstrates how institutional reforms in Britain in 1984 led to a significant break with the previous features of policy making.
Mark Thatcher
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198280743
- eISBN:
- 9780191684388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198280743.003.0003
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter sets out the history of telecommunications in Britain and France, establishing the similarities in institutional arrangements and policy questions that existed in the two countries by ...
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This chapter sets out the history of telecommunications in Britain and France, establishing the similarities in institutional arrangements and policy questions that existed in the two countries by 1969. It establishes that there was a common institutional starting point for the comparison, and that there existed many other long-standing similarities in telecommunications policy.Less
This chapter sets out the history of telecommunications in Britain and France, establishing the similarities in institutional arrangements and policy questions that existed in the two countries by 1969. It establishes that there was a common institutional starting point for the comparison, and that there existed many other long-standing similarities in telecommunications policy.
Mark Thatcher
- Published in print:
- 2000
- Published Online:
- October 2011
- ISBN:
- 9780198280743
- eISBN:
- 9780191684388
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Oxford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198280743.003.0012
- Subject:
- Political Science, Political Economy
This chapter examines the possible impact of national institutions on economic performance. It considers the indicators of ‘economic outcomes’ — quantifiable results concerning the supply of ...
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This chapter examines the possible impact of national institutions on economic performance. It considers the indicators of ‘economic outcomes’ — quantifiable results concerning the supply of telecommunications services and equipment in the policy areas analyzed in the previous chapters. Over the period 1970-97 the similarities between the two countries are seen to be much greater than dissimilarities, and several indicators showing convergence instead of divergence.Less
This chapter examines the possible impact of national institutions on economic performance. It considers the indicators of ‘economic outcomes’ — quantifiable results concerning the supply of telecommunications services and equipment in the policy areas analyzed in the previous chapters. Over the period 1970-97 the similarities between the two countries are seen to be much greater than dissimilarities, and several indicators showing convergence instead of divergence.
Christopher S. Yoo and Jean-Francois Blanchette (eds)
- Published in print:
- 2015
- Published Online:
- May 2016
- ISBN:
- 9780262029407
- eISBN:
- 9780262331166
- Item type:
- book
- Publisher:
- The MIT Press
- DOI:
- 10.7551/mitpress/9780262029407.001.0001
- Subject:
- Computer Science, Programming Languages
Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental ...
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Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental change the nature of computing and others arguing that it is nothing more than overhyped repackaging of existing technologies. This book represents the first effort to bridge this gap by exploring cloud computing’s implications from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Individual chapters analyze the business case for cloud computing, the changing nature of reliability in the Internet, the implications of treating the Internet as critical infrastructure, architectural changes to make cloud computing more contractible, and the impact of cloud computing on copyright, privacy, and consumer protection.Less
Cloud computing has emerged as one of the most salient recent developments in information technology. Predictions about its future run the gamut, with some believing that it represents a fundamental change the nature of computing and others arguing that it is nothing more than overhyped repackaging of existing technologies. This book represents the first effort to bridge this gap by exploring cloud computing’s implications from a wide range of interdisciplinary perspectives. Individual chapters analyze the business case for cloud computing, the changing nature of reliability in the Internet, the implications of treating the Internet as critical infrastructure, architectural changes to make cloud computing more contractible, and the impact of cloud computing on copyright, privacy, and consumer protection.
María del Carmen Pardo and Mauricio I. Dussauge-Laguna
- Published in print:
- 2017
- Published Online:
- September 2017
- ISBN:
- 9781447329152
- eISBN:
- 9781447329176
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Policy Press
- DOI:
- 10.1332/policypress/9781447329152.003.0006
- Subject:
- Political Science, American Politics
This chapter provides an overview on how policy analysis is done in Constitutional Autonomous Agencies (CAAs) in Mexico, with a particular focus on two of them: the Instituto Nacional de Evaluacion ...
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This chapter provides an overview on how policy analysis is done in Constitutional Autonomous Agencies (CAAs) in Mexico, with a particular focus on two of them: the Instituto Nacional de Evaluacion para la Educacion (INEE, or National Institute of Evaluation for Education); and the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT, or Federal Telecommunications Institute). The CAAs represent a new kind of public agency for the Mexican politico-administrative system. From an international perspective, CAAs are similar to non-majoritarian institutions existing in other jurisdictions: they are formally independent; their heads are neither elected nor hierarchically accountable to the executive power; and their internal life is not tied to political cycles. The chapter describes the legal background and organizational features of both INEE and IFT; analyses how these institutions gather information, assess policy options, and make decisions; and underlines the main challenges that both institutions are currently facing for developing their policy analytical capacities and performing their broader policy tasks.Less
This chapter provides an overview on how policy analysis is done in Constitutional Autonomous Agencies (CAAs) in Mexico, with a particular focus on two of them: the Instituto Nacional de Evaluacion para la Educacion (INEE, or National Institute of Evaluation for Education); and the Instituto Federal de Telecomunicaciones (IFT, or Federal Telecommunications Institute). The CAAs represent a new kind of public agency for the Mexican politico-administrative system. From an international perspective, CAAs are similar to non-majoritarian institutions existing in other jurisdictions: they are formally independent; their heads are neither elected nor hierarchically accountable to the executive power; and their internal life is not tied to political cycles. The chapter describes the legal background and organizational features of both INEE and IFT; analyses how these institutions gather information, assess policy options, and make decisions; and underlines the main challenges that both institutions are currently facing for developing their policy analytical capacities and performing their broader policy tasks.
- Published in print:
- 2008
- Published Online:
- June 2013
- ISBN:
- 9780804759625
- eISBN:
- 9780804779807
- Item type:
- chapter
- Publisher:
- Stanford University Press
- DOI:
- 10.11126/stanford/9780804759625.003.0009
- Subject:
- Business and Management, Innovation
This chapter examines telecommunications policy in China and the possible direction that it is going into for the future. It looks at the bureaucratic competition that is involved in ...
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This chapter examines telecommunications policy in China and the possible direction that it is going into for the future. It looks at the bureaucratic competition that is involved in telecommunications and its consequences for policy and determines the transformations that occur in both the economic and technological contexts. This chapter shows that pluralizing decision-making, which has been widely ignored, can actually strengthen and support the authority of the Chinese government.Less
This chapter examines telecommunications policy in China and the possible direction that it is going into for the future. It looks at the bureaucratic competition that is involved in telecommunications and its consequences for policy and determines the transformations that occur in both the economic and technological contexts. This chapter shows that pluralizing decision-making, which has been widely ignored, can actually strengthen and support the authority of the Chinese government.
