Extensive prior literature has studied how young organizations are impacted by and often benefit from embeddedness in key industry networks. Indeed, some research advises that entrepreneurs “don't go it alone” (Baum, Calabrese, and Silverman, 2000). This literature has also highlighted a...

We study how political factors shape competition in the mobile telecommunication sector. We show that the way a government designs the rules of the game has an impact on concentration, competition, and prices. Pro-competition regulation reduces prices, but does not hurt quality of services or...

The purpose of this study is to determine the factors influencing customer satisfaction for users of post-paid mobile services in Indore region. The study gives insights into what customers perceive as key determinants for customer satisfaction from service providers. Based on data collected...

The impact of a new radio service allocation on incumbents is traditionally estimated using deterministic, single-value calculations, often of the worst-case. This is no longer tenable given increasing demand for spectrum rights, since it leads to over-conservative allocations that limit the...

The rapid spread of mobile phones across the developing world offers opportunities to improve service delivery for small-scale farmers. International and local companies have already started to capitalize on these opportunities although many mobile phone-enabled services are still at an early...

Government of India (GOI) initialized financial inclusion campaign to quell exclusion. The campaign did not gain expected progress. Government employed technologies to speed up the process. Among banking technologies, mobile banking appeared as a possible solution for financial exclusion with...

In the evaluation of the operating results of the selected mobile telecommunication companies, it is evident that the Company #1 could earn good profit during the study period but the performance of Company #2 is not satisfactory because it has been continuously facing loss for the last several...

European and the US mobile communication services markets have developed in rather different ways. There are striking differences in termination regulation and retail pricing models and one may wonder why this occurred and whether either of the markets outperforms the other in terms of...

Mobile phone coverage has expanded considerably throughout the developing world, particularly within sub-Saharan Africa. Existing evidence suggests that increased access to information technology has improved agricultural market efficiency for consumer markets and certain commodities, but there...