Understanding change processes in business networks: a study of convergence in Finnish telecommunications 1985 - 2005
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Table of content
PROLOGUE - AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS...........................I
I. Traditional players in mobile communications....................................................................I
II. The mobile communications value network.....................................................................V
1. INTRODUCTION..................................................................................................................1
1.1 The problem area defined.................................................................................................3
1.2 Research objective, questions and delimitations..............................................................4
1.3 Research approach............................................................................................................6
1.4 Key concepts and definitions............................................................................................7
1.5 Structure and content of the study....................................................................................8
2. FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY: EVALUATING RELEVANT THEORIES..............10
2.1 Studying a technology sensitive field - tekecommunications........................................10
2.2 Studying convergence - alternative theories..................................................................11
2.2.1 General purpose technologies..................................................................................11
2.2.2 Industrial restructuring and the Industry Life Cycle................................................12
2.2.3 Diffusion of innovation............................................................................................13
2.2.4 Summary..................................................................................................................15
2.3 Studying actors and links between them (interaction)....................................................15
2.3.1 The industrial network approach (INA)...................................................................16
2.3.2 The transaction cost approach..................................................................................16
2.3.3 The resource-based view of the firm.......................................................................17
2.3.4 Institutional theory...................................................................................................19
2.3.5 Summary..................................................................................................................20
2.4 Toward a theoretical framework based on the INA and convergence related theories.. 20
3. CONVERGENCE PROCESSES: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS............24
3.1 The concept of convergence...........................................................................................24
3.2 Key drivers of convergence processes............................................................................29
3.2.1 An organization as a driver of convergence processes............................................29
3.2.2 Technological divers................................................................................................30
3.2.3 Socio-economic drivers...........................................................................................32
3.2.4 Forces restricting convergence processes................................................................34
3.2.5 Summarizing the drivers of convergence processes................................................35
3.3 Classifying convergence.................................................................................................36
3.3.1 Technological convergence.....................................................................................39
3.3.2 Industry convergence...............................................................................................44
3.4 Convergence processes in telecommunications..............................................................49
3.5 A critical review of convergence theory: towards a model of the convergence process... 51
3.6 Summary.........................................................................................................................54
4. BUSINESS NETWORKS AND NETS: ANALYSING DYNAMICS THROUGH
ROLE AND POSITION...........................................................................................................55
4.1 Business networks - what are they?...............................................................................55
4.1.1 Interaction in business networks..............................................................................56
4.1.2 Business relationships..............................................................................................57
4.1.3 A business network model - the ARA model..........................................................58
4.2 Network dynamics..........................................................................................................60
4.2.1 Network emergence.................................................................................................61
4.2.2 Dynamics on a business relationship level..............................................................63
4.2.3 Dynamics on a business net and network level.......................................................64
4.3 The concept of network position within the INA...........................................................68
4.4 Position in combination with role theory........................................................................70
4.4.1 Role mechanisms.....................................................................................................71
4.4.2 A structuralist approach...........................................................................................73
4.4.3 A symbolic interactionist approach.........................................................................73
4.4.4 A role as a resource approach...............................................................................74
4.4.5 The link between network position and role theory.................................................74
4.4.6 Role and position as indicators of business network dynamics...............................75
4.5 A critical view of the industrial network approach.........................................................78
4.6 Summary.........................................................................................................................79
5. HOW TO STUDY BUSINESS NETWORKS AND CONVERGENCE PROCESSES -
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES...............................................................................................81
5.1 Starting points for the research.......................................................................................81
5.1.1 Ontological assumptions..........................................................................................82
5.1.2 Epistemological assumptions...................................................................................83
5.1.3 Axiological assumptions..........................................................................................83
5.1.4 Towards a qualitative research design.....................................................................84
5.2 The research design.........................................................................................................84
5.2.1 Systematic combining as a principle for the research design..................................84
5.2.2 Processual research..................................................................................................85
5.2.3 Historical reconstruction and sensemaking.............................................................86
5.2.4 The theoretical framework.......................................................................................87
5.3 Data collection................................................................................................................87
5.3.1 The informants.........................................................................................................87
5.3.2 Transcription of interviews......................................................................................90
5.3.3 The interview guide.................................................................................................91
5.3.4 The interviews..........................................................................................................92
5.3.5 The pilot study.........................................................................................................93
5.4 Data analysis...................................................................................................................94
5.4.1 Case studies..............................................................................................................94
5.4.2 Critical event analysis..............................................................................................95
5.4.3 Data reduction..........................................................................................................98
5.5 Reliability and validity?..................................................................................................98
5.5.1 Credibility................................................................................................................99
5.5.2 Transferability........................................................................................................100
5.5.3 Dependability.........................................................................................................101
5.5.4 Conformability.......................................................................................................101
5.6 Thoughts on the research design...................................................................................101
6. CRITICAL EVENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SECTOR IN FINLAND.........................................................................................................104
6.1. Fixed telecommunications...........................................................................................104
6.1.1 The dispute of data transmission and establishment of Datatie.............................105
6.1.2 The PTT s makeover..............................................................................................107
6.1.3 Deregulation continues..........................................................................................108
6.1.4 Digitization............................................................................................................109
6.2 Mobile communications................................................................................................110
6.2.1 Competition over distribution channels.................................................................112
6.2.2 The third mobile operator......................................................................................113
6.2.3 The rise and fall of service operators.....................................................................114
6.3 The role of regulation....................................................................................................116
6.3.1 Regulatory bodies..................................................................................................116
6.3.2 The EU and regulation...........................................................................................118
6.4 The actor landscape of Finnish telecommunications - snapshots.................................118
6.5 Types of interaction and relationships in Finnish telecommunications........................121
6.5.1 Standardization......................................................................................................123
6.5.2 Interconnection......................................................................................................123
6.5.3 Roaming.................................................................................................................124
6.5.4 Revenue sharing.....................................................................................................124
6.5.5 Joint ownerships.....................................................................................................125
6.5.6 Organizations as cooperative initiatives................................................................125
6.5.7 Examples of business nets and networks...............................................................126
6.6 Signs of industry changes in telecommunications........................................................126
6.7 Perceptions of role and position of industry actors.......................................................128
6.7.1 Focal mobile telephony actors 1985-2005.............................................................129
6.7.2 Handset and equipment manufacturers..................................................................130
6.7.3 Media companies as actors in telecommunications...............................................131
6.7.4 Perceptions of role and position in business nets...................................................131
6.7.5 Actors core competence and outsourcing activities.............................................132
6.8 Critical events in Finnish telecommunications.............................................................133
6.8.1 Critical events in the competitive landscape..........................................................135
6.8.2 Critical events in technology.................................................................................139
6.8.3 Critical events in the regulatory environment........................................................141
6.9 Summary.......................................................................................................................146
7. PERCEPTIONS OF CONVERGENCE IN FINNISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS -
MAKING SENSE OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT..................................................147
7.1 Convergence as presented in annual reports 1985-2005...............................................147
7.2 What is convergence? Stories and perceptions from Finland.......................................152
7.2.1 Typology of convergence identified by informants...............................................155
7.2.2 There is no convergence, only divergence?...........................................................163
7.2.3 Resistance towards convergence............................................................................164
7.3 How does convergence affect the business environment in telecommunications?......164
7.3.1 Business nets..........................................................................................................166
7.3.2 Role and position...................................................................................................166
7.3.3 Core competence and outsourcing.........................................................................168
7.3.4 The value chain and value network.......................................................................171
7.3.5 Brand focus............................................................................................................172
7.3.6 Internal reorganizations.........................................................................................173
7.3.7 Is there a need for regulatory convergence?..........................................................174
7.3.8 Summary of the effects of convergence on business activities..............................175
7.4 Mini case: Aina Group..................................................................................................175
7.4.1 Convergence in Hameenlinna?..............................................................................179
7.4.2 Critical event analysis............................................................................................180
7.4.3 Cooperation patterns..............................................................................................182
7.5 Mini case: MTV3 Handy..............................................................................................183
7.5.1 Does convergence lead to an identity crisis among ICT actors?...........................185
7.5.2 Critical event analysis............................................................................................186
7.5.3 Role transition and position seeking in convergence settings...............................186
7.6 Discussion: comparing convergence from theoretical and empirical points of view... 187
7.7 Summary.......................................................................................................................193
8. CASE: MOBILE TV IN FINLAND...................................................................................194
8.1 Introduction to Mobile TV in Finland..........................................................................194
8.2 Focal and supporting actors of DVB-H based mobile TV in Finland..........................196
8.3 Towards commercial mobile TV services through pilots.............................................199
8.3.1 Pilot I: VTT............................................................................................................199
8.3.2 Pilot II: FinPilot 1...................................................................................................200
8.3.3 Pilot III: The Finnish Mobile TV project (FiMTV)...............................................201
8.4 Business net emergence through pilots.........................................................................201
8.4.1 First phase: exploring for future business..............................................................202
8.4.2 Second phase: mobilization of applications...........................................................204
8.4 3 Third phase: mobilization of dissemination...........................................................206
8.4.4 Tensions in the mobile TV business nets...............................................................207
8.5 Business net analysis.....................................................................................................210
8.5.1 Critical events in business net emergence.............................................................213
8.5.2 Role and position...................................................................................................214
8.6 Convergence process analysis.......................................................................................221
8.7 Case implications and critical discussion.....................................................................226
8.8 Summary.......................................................................................................................229
9. FINDING A PLACE IN A CONVERGED ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ACTING
IN BUSINESS NETS: CONCLUSIONS...............................................................................231
9.1 Key theoretical contributions and findings...................................................................233
9.2 Managerial implications of the study............................................................................235
9.3 Critical thoughts of the study........................................................................................236
9.4 Suggestions for further research...................................................................................236
REFERENCES.......................................................................................................................238
APPENDIX 1..........................................................................................................................263
APPENDIX 2..........................................................................................................................264
SVENSK SAMMANFATTNING..........................................................................................269
List of figures
Figure 1. Mobile communications value network.............................................................V
Figure 2. Structure of the study...........................................................................................9
Figure 3. Industry boundaries...........................................................................................13
Figure 4. Main elements of theoretical framework...........................................................23
Figure 5. Traditional illustration of ICT convergence......................................................27
Figure 6. Driving forces of convergence processes..........................................................35
Figure 7. Supply- and demand-side convergence.............................................................38
Figure 8. The convergence process...................................................................................53
Figure 9. Network model .................................................................................................59
Figure 10. Stages of birth for new business nets..............................................................62
Figure 11. A model for studying change in business networks through role and position.. 77
Figure 12. Continuum of core ontological assumptions...................................................82
Figure 13. Illustration of critical event.............................................................................96
Figure 14. Triangulation of methodological and theoretical approaches.........................99
Figure 15. Development of number of telecommunications operators in
Finland 1895-2007..........................................................................................................105
Figure 16. Restructuring the regulation of the Finnish telecommunications market.....117
Figure 17. Actor landscape 1998....................................................................................119
Figure 18. Actor landscape 2001....................................................................................119
Figure 19. The development of the mobile network operator structure.........................142
Figure 20. Change in the number of mobile operators per country................................143
Figure 21. Summary of the effects of convergence........................................................175
Figure 22. Aina Group s business idea...........................................................................179
Figure 23. Focal net of Aina Group................................................................................183
Figure 24. Convergence revised.....................................................................................191
Figure 25. Convergence process in Finnish telecommunications...................................192
Figure 26. Finnish Mobile TV time schedule.................................................................198
Figure 27. Nokia 7700 and 7710 mobile phones............................................................200
Figure 28. Development of Finnish mobile TV business area........................................203
Figure 29. Earning logics and potential business model for mobile TV........................209
Figure 30. Mobile TV business model............................................................................212
Figure 31. The focal actors roles in mobile TV.............................................................218
Figure 32. Mobile phone as the point of convergence....................................................222
Figure 33. Time continuum of the case convergence process........................................224
Figure 34. Convergence elements in mobile TV............................................................226
List of tables
Table 1. Case selections and level of analysis....................................................................7
Table 2.Comparison of approaches to studying convergence processes..........................15
Table 3. Comparison of approaches to studying interaction between actors....................20
Table 4. Overview of definitions of convergence.............................................................28
Table 5. Convergence types according to Fransman .......................................................37
Table 6. Summary of convergence perspectives and classifications................................39
Table 7. Types of industry convergence...........................................................................45
Table 8. Examples of views of origin of dynamics in business nets and networks..........68
Table 9. The link between role and position.....................................................................75
Table 10. Type and number of actors participating in the interviews..............................88
Table 11. Informants and their background......................................................................90
Table 12. Number of mobile phone subscriptions and subscription per 100
inhabitants 1980, 1985 and 1990-2006...........................................................................Ill
Table 13. Players in Finnish mobile communications until 2005...................................115
Table 14. Service operators in mobile networks.............................................................120
Table 15. Interaction among actors in the telecommunications industry.......................122
Table 16. Events in the development of Finnish telecommunications...........................135
Table 17. Summary of critical events in the competitive landscape...............................139
Table 18. Summary of critical events in technology......................................................141
Table 19. Summary of critical events in regulation........................................................146
Table 20. Telecom companies turnover and shares 1998-2006....................................165
Table 21. The creation of Elisa through fusions (telephone companies)........................173
Table 22. Central figures for Aina Group.......................................................................178
Table 23. Critical event analysis of Aina Group.............................................................182
Table 24. Actors of the case net......................................................................................199
Table 25. Roles in the first phase (pilot I)......................................................................204
Table 26. Roles in the second phase (pilot II)................................................................205
Table 27. Roles in the third phase (pilot III)...................................................................207
Table 28. Critical events in the mobile TV case.............................................................214
Table 29. Roles in mobile TV phases.............................................................................221
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Titel: Understanding change processes in business networks
Autor: Nyström, Anna-Greta
Jahr: 2008
Table of content
PROLOGUE - AN INTRODUCTION TO MOBILE COMMUNICATIONS.I
I. Traditional players in mobile communications.I
II. The mobile communications value network.V
1. INTRODUCTION.1
1.1 The problem area defined.3
1.2 Research objective, questions and delimitations.4
1.3 Research approach.6
1.4 Key concepts and definitions.7
1.5 Structure and content of the study.8
2. FOUNDATIONS OF THE STUDY: EVALUATING RELEVANT THEORIES.10
2.1 Studying a technology sensitive field - tekecommunications.10
2.2 Studying convergence - alternative theories.11
2.2.1 General purpose technologies.11
2.2.2 Industrial restructuring and the Industry Life Cycle.12
2.2.3 Diffusion of innovation.13
2.2.4 Summary.15
2.3 Studying actors and links between them (interaction).15
2.3.1 The industrial network approach (INA).16
2.3.2 The transaction cost approach.16
2.3.3 The resource-based view of the firm.17
2.3.4 Institutional theory.19
2.3.5 Summary.20
2.4 Toward a theoretical framework based on the INA and convergence related theories. 20
3. CONVERGENCE PROCESSES: SOME THEORETICAL CONSIDERATIONS.24
3.1 The concept of convergence.24
3.2 Key drivers of convergence processes.29
3.2.1 An organization as a driver of convergence processes.29
3.2.2 Technological divers.30
3.2.3 Socio-economic drivers.32
3.2.4 Forces restricting convergence processes.34
3.2.5 Summarizing the drivers of convergence processes.35
3.3 Classifying convergence.36
3.3.1 Technological convergence.39
3.3.2 Industry convergence.44
3.4 Convergence processes in telecommunications.49
3.5 A critical review of convergence theory: towards a model of the convergence process. 51
3.6 Summary.54
4. BUSINESS NETWORKS AND NETS: ANALYSING DYNAMICS THROUGH
ROLE AND POSITION.55
4.1 Business networks - what are they?.55
4.1.1 Interaction in business networks.56
4.1.2 Business relationships.57
4.1.3 A business network model - the ARA model.58
4.2 Network dynamics.60
4.2.1 Network emergence.61
4.2.2 Dynamics on a business relationship level.63
4.2.3 Dynamics on a business net and network level.64
4.3 The concept of network position within the INA.68
4.4 Position in combination with role theory.70
4.4.1 Role mechanisms.71
4.4.2 A structuralist approach.73
4.4.3 A symbolic interactionist approach.73
4.4.4 A "role as a resource" approach.74
4.4.5 The link between network position and role theory.74
4.4.6 Role and position as indicators of business network dynamics.75
4.5 A critical view of the industrial network approach.78
4.6 Summary.79
5. HOW TO STUDY BUSINESS NETWORKS AND CONVERGENCE PROCESSES -
METHODOLOGICAL ISSUES.81
5.1 Starting points for the research.81
5.1.1 Ontological assumptions.82
5.1.2 Epistemological assumptions.83
5.1.3 Axiological assumptions.83
5.1.4 Towards a qualitative research design.84
5.2 The research design.84
5.2.1 Systematic combining as a principle for the research design.84
5.2.2 Processual research.85
5.2.3 Historical reconstruction and sensemaking.86
5.2.4 The theoretical framework.87
5.3 Data collection.87
5.3.1 The informants.87
5.3.2 Transcription of interviews.90
5.3.3 The interview guide.91
5.3.4 The interviews.92
5.3.5 The pilot study.93
5.4 Data analysis.94
5.4.1 Case studies.94
5.4.2 Critical event analysis.95
5.4.3 Data reduction.98
5.5 Reliability and validity?.98
5.5.1 Credibility.99
5.5.2 Transferability.100
5.5.3 Dependability.101
5.5.4 Conformability.101
5.6 Thoughts on the research design.101
6. CRITICAL EVENTS IN THE EVOLUTION OF THE TELECOMMUNICATIONS
SECTOR IN FINLAND.104
6.1. Fixed telecommunications.104
6.1.1 The dispute of data transmission and establishment of Datatie.105
6.1.2 The PTT's makeover.107
6.1.3 Deregulation continues.108
6.1.4 Digitization.109
6.2 Mobile communications.110
6.2.1 Competition over distribution channels.112
6.2.2 The third mobile operator.113
6.2.3 The rise and fall of service operators.114
6.3 The role of regulation.116
6.3.1 Regulatory bodies.116
6.3.2 The EU and regulation.118
6.4 The actor landscape of Finnish telecommunications - snapshots.118
6.5 Types of interaction and relationships in Finnish telecommunications.121
6.5.1 Standardization.123
6.5.2 Interconnection.123
6.5.3 Roaming.124
6.5.4 Revenue sharing.124
6.5.5 Joint ownerships.125
6.5.6 Organizations as cooperative initiatives.125
6.5.7 Examples of business nets and networks.126
6.6 Signs of industry changes in telecommunications.126
6.7 Perceptions of role and position of industry actors.128
6.7.1 Focal mobile telephony actors 1985-2005.129
6.7.2 Handset and equipment manufacturers.130
6.7.3 Media companies as actors in telecommunications.131
6.7.4 Perceptions of role and position in business nets.131
6.7.5 Actors' core competence and outsourcing activities.132
6.8 Critical events in Finnish telecommunications.133
6.8.1 Critical events in the competitive landscape.135
6.8.2 Critical events in technology.139
6.8.3 Critical events in the regulatory environment.141
6.9 Summary.146
7. PERCEPTIONS OF CONVERGENCE IN FINNISH TELECOMMUNICATIONS -
MAKING SENSE OF THE BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT.147
7.1 Convergence as presented in annual reports 1985-2005.147
7.2 What is convergence? Stories and perceptions from Finland.152
7.2.1 Typology of convergence identified by informants.155
7.2.2 There is no convergence, only divergence?.163
7.2.3 Resistance towards convergence.164
7.3 How does convergence affect the business environment in telecommunications?.164
7.3.1 Business nets.166
7.3.2 Role and position.166
7.3.3 Core competence and outsourcing.168
7.3.4 The value chain and value network.171
7.3.5 Brand focus.172
7.3.6 Internal reorganizations.173
7.3.7 Is there a need for regulatory convergence?.174
7.3.8 Summary of the effects of convergence on business activities.175
7.4 Mini case: Aina Group.175
7.4.1 Convergence in Hameenlinna?.179
7.4.2 Critical event analysis.180
7.4.3 Cooperation patterns.182
7.5 Mini case: MTV3 Handy.183
7.5.1 Does convergence lead to an identity crisis among ICT actors?.185
7.5.2 Critical event analysis.186
7.5.3 Role transition and position seeking in convergence settings.186
7.6 Discussion: comparing convergence from theoretical and empirical points of view. 187
7.7 Summary.193
8. CASE: MOBILE TV IN FINLAND.194
8.1 Introduction to Mobile TV in Finland.194
8.2 Focal and supporting actors of DVB-H based mobile TV in Finland.196
8.3 Towards commercial mobile TV services through pilots.199
8.3.1 Pilot I: VTT.199
8.3.2 Pilot II: FinPilot 1.200
8.3.3 Pilot III: The Finnish Mobile TV project (FiMTV).201
8.4 Business net emergence through pilots.201
8.4.1 First phase: exploring for future business.202
8.4.2 Second phase: mobilization of applications.204
8.4 3 Third phase: mobilization of dissemination.206
8.4.4 Tensions in the mobile TV business nets.207
8.5 Business net analysis.210
8.5.1 Critical events in business net emergence.213
8.5.2 Role and position.214
8.6 Convergence process analysis.221
8.7 Case implications and critical discussion.226
8.8 Summary.229
9. FINDING A PLACE IN A CONVERGED ENVIRONMENT THROUGH ACTING
IN BUSINESS NETS: CONCLUSIONS.231
9.1 Key theoretical contributions and findings.233
9.2 Managerial implications of the study.235
9.3 Critical thoughts of the study.236
9.4 Suggestions for further research.236
REFERENCES.238
APPENDIX 1.263
APPENDIX 2.264
SVENSK SAMMANFATTNING.269
List of figures
Figure 1. Mobile communications value network.V
Figure 2. Structure of the study.9
Figure 3. Industry boundaries.13
Figure 4. Main elements of theoretical framework.23
Figure 5. Traditional illustration of ICT convergence.27
Figure 6. Driving forces of convergence processes.35
Figure 7. Supply- and demand-side convergence.38
Figure 8. The convergence process.53
Figure 9. Network model .59
Figure 10. Stages of birth for new business nets.62
Figure 11. A model for studying change in business networks through role and position. 77
Figure 12. Continuum of core ontological assumptions.82
Figure 13. Illustration of critical event.96
Figure 14. Triangulation of methodological and theoretical approaches.99
Figure 15. Development of number of telecommunications operators in
Finland 1895-2007.105
Figure 16. Restructuring the regulation of the Finnish telecommunications market.117
Figure 17. Actor landscape 1998.119
Figure 18. Actor landscape 2001.119
Figure 19. The development of the mobile network operator structure.142
Figure 20. Change in the number of mobile operators per country.143
Figure 21. Summary of the effects of convergence.175
Figure 22. Aina Group's business idea.179
Figure 23. Focal net of Aina Group.183
Figure 24. Convergence revised.191
Figure 25. Convergence process in Finnish telecommunications.192
Figure 26. Finnish Mobile TV time schedule.198
Figure 27. Nokia 7700 and 7710 mobile phones.200
Figure 28. Development of Finnish mobile TV business area.203
Figure 29. Earning logics and potential business model for mobile TV.209
Figure 30. Mobile TV business model.212
Figure 31. The focal actors' roles in mobile TV.218
Figure 32. Mobile phone as the point of convergence.222
Figure 33. Time continuum of the case convergence process.224
Figure 34. Convergence elements in mobile TV.226
List of tables
Table 1. Case selections and level of analysis.7
Table 2.Comparison of approaches to studying convergence processes.15
Table 3. Comparison of approaches to studying interaction between actors.20
Table 4. Overview of definitions of convergence.28
Table 5. Convergence types according to Fransman .37
Table 6. Summary of convergence perspectives and classifications.39
Table 7. Types of industry convergence.45
Table 8. Examples of views of origin of dynamics in business nets and networks.68
Table 9. The link between role and position.75
Table 10. Type and number of actors participating in the interviews.88
Table 11. Informants and their background.90
Table 12. Number of mobile phone subscriptions and subscription per 100
inhabitants 1980, 1985 and 1990-2006.Ill
Table 13. Players in Finnish mobile communications until 2005.115
Table 14. Service operators in mobile networks.120
Table 15. Interaction among actors in the telecommunications industry.122
Table 16. Events in the development of Finnish telecommunications.135
Table 17. Summary of critical events in the competitive landscape.139
Table 18. Summary of critical events in technology.141
Table 19. Summary of critical events in regulation.146
Table 20. Telecom companies' turnover and shares 1998-2006.165
Table 21. The creation of Elisa through fusions (telephone companies).173
Table 22. Central figures for Aina Group.178
Table 23. Critical event analysis of Aina Group.182
Table 24. Actors of the case net.199
Table 25. Roles in the first phase (pilot I).204
Table 26. Roles in the second phase (pilot II).205
Table 27. Roles in the third phase (pilot III).207
Table 28. Critical events in the mobile TV case.214
Table 29. Roles in mobile TV phases.221 |
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