As compared to the earlier generations of mobile communications (1G to 4G), the fifth one (5G) is a major business, regulatory, and technical discontinuity. Furthermore, unlike the previous generations, 5G is also much more of a geopolitical and geoeconomic battleground. These shifts are neither...

This paper empirically explores how technology policy affects innovation behaviour in the telecommunications sector. Our empirical analysis aims at shedding light on the following highly topical issues: (I) Whether opening up the domestic market to competition spurs innovative activity?, (ii)...

In the presence of network externalities, demand is strongly affected by major technology diffusion processes. Therefore, not only sales levels, but also the installed user base of network technologies may influence R&D intensity via the price mechanism. This causality may, however, not be...

How do high wage countries stay rich in a global digital economy? How Revolutionary was the Digital Revolution constructs a framework for analyzing the international digital era: one that examines the ability of political actors to innovate and experiment in spite of, or perhaps because of, the...