Recently, the view that diffusion of high speed broadband networks is primarily driven by competition or government intervention (OECD, 2007) has been challenged by the emergence of broadband initiatives at the local community level across the globe which seems to point that at a more active...

Based on expected wider social and economic objectives, municipalities across Europe are increasingly becoming involved in the implementation of broadband networks in their communities since the late 1990s. Since 2003, the European Commission has developed elaborated (market) testing procedures...

The discussion on the EU regulatory framework of 2003 in particular on emerging markets provides for a new dynamic approach towards investment in next generation broadband infrastructure in municipalities. By using the criterion of non-replicable assets, FTTH networks in local municipalities can...

This paper analyzes processes and effects of ICT enabled innovation in the Dutch design sector. Although the adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) is considered as vital in the design sector, little is known about whether and how ICTs affect the firm performance of small...