Competition Policy for Industry Standards

Competition Policy for the Telecommunications Industry a Guide for Policymakers

20 years of experience in the areas of government regulation, competition policy and business strategy. He has testified in numerous regulatory proceedings to the economic and social impacts of regulatory policies and has served as an economic consultant to Fortune 500 Corporations and regulatory commissions on economic pricing principles, the design of incentive regulation plans and competitio...

EU Competition Policy for the Sports Broadcasting Industry

In the last twenty years, there has been a tremendous increase in salaries and transfer fees of professional sportsmen. In addition, the values of TV broadcasting rights for sporting events have risen sharply and many sports teams have developed in fullfledged businesses or are even traded on the stock market. This means that sport has developed from pure entertainment to entertainment industry...

Standards Policy for Information Infrastructure

Industry and Standards

Modern-era mobile phones and tablets have evolved into powerful imageand video-processing devices, equipped with high-resolution cameras, color displays, and hardware-accelerated graphics. They are also equipped with location sensors (GPS receiver, compass, and gyroscope), and connected to broadband wireless networks, allowing fast information transmission and enabling a class of applications t...

CSEM WP 109R Looking for Trouble: Competition Policy in the U.S. Electricity Industry

In the aftermath of the California energy crisis, there has been a shift in the focus of electricity regulators away from the fostering of a competitive market structure and towards the application of regulations to specific market outcomes. Such a focus stands in marked contrast to the general principles governing competition policies in other industries. This shift is in part influenced by th...