| Contents | 5 |
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| Introduction | 6 |
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| Software Development Dynamics: Current Trends and Future Developments | 10 |
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| 1 Introduction | 10 |
| 2 Software Engineering | 11 |
| 3 Service- oriented Computing | 14 |
| 4 Process- oriented Information Systems | 19 |
| 5 The Future: Semantics, Ontology and Planning | 22 |
| 6 Conclusions | 26 |
| References | 27 |
| Digital Social Market Economy - Towards a New Economic System | 30 |
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| 1 Introduction | 30 |
| 2 Digital Social Market Economy: Expansion and New Problems | 33 |
| 3 New System Design and Strategic Policy Aspects | 55 |
| Appendix: Product Innovations and Networic Effects in a Simple Model | 61 |
| Market Analyses under the New European Communications Frameworit - Some Conceptual Issues | 67 |
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| 1 Introduction | 67 |
| 2 Market Definition | 69 |
| 3 TCT-What's that? | 73 |
| 4 Competition Analysis | 75 |
| 5 Regulatory Remedies | 82 |
| 6 Concluding remarks | 87 |
| Appendix | 88 |
| References | 92 |
| Liberalisation of Telecommunications and Innovation Dynamics in Denmark | 94 |
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| 1 Introduction | 94 |
| 2 The Danish Telecom Market | 96 |
| 3 Innovation in tlie Danisli Teiecom Sector | 100 |
| 4 The Role of Domestic Demand | 103 |
| 5 Denmark as a Test Market for Telecom Products | 105 |
| 6 The Role of Competition | 109 |
| 7 Empirical Evidence | 116 |
| 8 Conclusions | 118 |
| References | 119 |
| Regulations of Telecommunications and Market Dynamics in Germany | 121 |
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| 1 Development since the Beginning of Liberalisation | 121 |
| 2 The New Telecommunications Act ( TKG) and its Impact on Future Market Trends | 128 |
| 3 Conclusions | 130 |
| Innovation in tiie European and Japanese Mobile Telecommunications Industry | 131 |
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| 1 Introduction | 131 |
| 2 Mobile Data Services in Japan and Europe | 132 |
| 3 Examining the Innovation Networl | 132 |
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| 4 ( Re) configuration of the Innovation System and Directions of Policy | 138 |
| 5 Overall Conclusions | 140 |
| References | 140 |
| Collective Dominance, Market Analysis and the 2002 EU Framework Directive: The Case of Mobile Access and Call Origination in Ireland | 142 |
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| 1 Introduction | 142 |
| 2 Market Definition | 144 |
| 3 Market Analysis | 145 |
| 4 Market Analysis: Single Dominance | 146 |
| 5 Market Analysis: Joint Dominance | 150 |
| 6 Applying the Test for Joint Dominance | 154 |
| 7 Conclusions on Market Analysis and Joint Dominance | 168 |
| References | 169 |
| Credible Threats as an Instrument of Regulation for Network Industries | 171 |
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| 1 Introduction | 171 |
| 2 Objectives of and Reasons for the Regulation of Network Industries | 173 |
| 3 The Light- Handed Regulatory Regime as Seen from the Perspective of the New Institutional Economic | 177 |
| 4 Threat- based Regulation in Germany and in New Zealand | 180 |
| 5 Summary and Conclusions | 193 |
| References | 198 |
| Information Society 2015: Towards Increased Participation | 203 |
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| 1 Introduction | 203 |
| 2 Global Trends In the Telecommunication Sector | 203 |
| 3 The Digital Divide and the WSIS | 206 |
| 4 Conclusions | 209 |
| List of Contributors | 210 |
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