Diese Arbeit untersucht den Entwicklungsstand des polnischen Telekommunikationssektors, speziell des Festnetzes, im Hinblick auf den bevorstehenden Beitritt zur Europäischen Union. Der Beitritt erfordert von Polen sowohl die Übernahme des acquis communautaire als auch eine geeignete...

Die Telekommunikationsbranche in Deutschland hat sich seit ihrer Liberalisierung als einer der dynamischsten Märkte in vielerlei Hinsicht gezeigt. Ein Bereich jedoch, in dem die Liberalisierung keine Dynamik entfaltet hat, ist der Teilnehmeranschlußbereich, die sogenannte Letzte Meile. Dort...

For his research on the topic of this book Ulrich Berger was awarded the Research Prize of the Vodafone Foundation and the WU Best Paper Award. This book studies the economics of telecommunications networks characterized by two-way interconnection. Special emphasis is put on the role of access...

Local telephone service is the last bastion of a still frequently asserted public policy preference for monopoly provision of telecommunications. This Note challenges the rationale for that preference, addressing four issues: First, is local network competition feasible from a technical and cost...

This article examines the formation of the first internet exchange point (IXP) in Mexico amid the implementation of telecommunication reforms and asymmetric regulations in a market with low level of competition. An IXP is defined as a shared interconnection facility and a key internet governance...

Nowadays, rating systems play a crucial role in the attraction of customers to different services. However, as it is difficult to detect a fake rating, fraudulent users can potentially unfairly impact the rating's aggregated score. This fraudulent behavior can negatively affect customers and...

Establishing a partnership necessitates agreeing on how to divide future profits or losses. We consider parties who wish to contract on the division of uncertain future profits. We propose to divide profits according to the Raiffa-Kalai-Smorodinsky (K-S) solution, which is the intersection point...

Im Rahmen dieser Arbeit wird der Frage nachgegangen, welche verteilungs- und beschäftigungsrelevanten Folgen mit einer breiten Einführung von Investivlohn- und Gewinnbeteiligungsmodellen verbunden sind und inwieweit diese Entgeltarten somit eine brauchbare Antwort auf die aktuell bestehenden...

This paper analyzes the possibility of creating worker cooperatives in which members are paid not through wages but through dividends calculated on the organization's residual income, as stipulated by the economic theory of the labor-managed firm. It is shown how dividends paid to members can be...

Purpose This study aims to gain the perception of Selangor's disadvantaged women on the Sharīʿah (Islamic law) rules on two micro-equity financing instruments, namely, muḍārabah (profit sharing) and mushārakah (profit-and-loss sharing) (M&M). Design/methodology/approach A survey was...