An award-winning book that develops the idea of the ICT sector as an evolving ecosystem.
Inhaltsverzeichnis
List of exhibits; Preface; Introduction; 1. Summary of the argument; 2. The new ICT ecosystem; 3. The new ICT ecosystem as an innovation system; 4. The new ICT ecosystem: a quantitative analysis; 5. Telecoms regulation; 6. Policy-making for the new ICT ecosystem; 7. The way forward: the message to policy-makers and regulators; Appendix 1. The evolution of the new ICT ecosystem, 1945-2007: how innovation drives the system; Appendix 2. European regulation of electronic communications, 1987-2003; Appendix 3. Some problems with the dominant regulatory paradigm in telecoms (DRPT); Appendix 4. A short introduction to Schumpeterian evolutionary economics; Appendix 5. Other layer models: OSI and TCP/IP; Appendix 6. Content, applications and services - definitions; Appendix 7. Why do the US internet companies dominate in layer 3?; Appendix 8. How did East Asia (Japan, Korea, Taiwan and China) become so strong in layer 1?; Appendix 9. China's telecoms service providers in layer 2; Appendix 10. Companies in our database by layer; Bibliography; Index.