The Governance of Network Industries: Institutions, Technology and Policy in Reregulated Infrastructures (Studies in Evolutionary Political Economy)

Copyright......Page 5
Contents......Page 6
Figures......Page 8
Tables......Page 10
Contributors......Page 12
1. Challenges for readjusting the governance of network industries......Page 18
PART I Institutions......Page 40
2. Why reform infrastructuresand with what institutional arrangements? The case of public–private partnerships in water supply......Page 42
3. Creating institutional arrangements that make markets work: the case of retail markets in the electricity sector......Page 63
4. Liberalization and privatization of road management in Finland and Spain......Page 78
PART II Technology......Page 102
5. Regulatory practices and the role of technology in network industries: the case of Europe......Page 104
6. Network modernization in the telecom sector: the case of Wi-Fi......Page 119
7. Changing paradigms in electric energy systems......Page 151
PART III Policies......Page 182
8. Public values versus private interests: an empirical comparison of business strategies in liberalized infrastructures......Page 184
9. Disruptive technologies in communications: observations from an entrepreneur......Page 210
Index......Page 224