This Phase 2 Report is a deliverable element of the study being conducted by a team led by RAND Europe into 'Options for and Effectiveness of Internet Self- and Co-Regulation'. The main objective of the study is to assist the Commission in development of a coherent and effective approach to...

ICT domains have always been subject to technical, economic and/or societal regulation. The traditional basis was a 'governance gap' between economically-motivated activities and external consequences for other firms, end-users, public services, etc. Recent changes in European market and...

The report aims to isolate and examine the socio-institutional barriers to better re-use of Public Sector Information (PSI). It assesses the draft proposal for a Data Mashing Lab (DML) (see: Appendix 2) and is intended for a specialized audience of government policy makers. The findings are...

This paper is a technical regulatory analysis of Next Generation Network (NGN) access for consumers to internet content, to be read by those familiar with regulatory law and economics concepts, and the broad outline of the debate within telecoms regulation. The problem is defined and the...

It is important to understandfactors that influence management decisionsthat determine the level of diversificationwithin cropping systems. Because of the widevariety of cropping systems within a region,our study focused on a single county (Marshall)in northwestern Minnesota. This county...