From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand: The Uneven Path of Telecommunications Reform in China - Couverture rigide

Wu, Irene S.

Couverture rigide

ISBN 10 : 0804759626 ISBN 13 : 9780804759625

Editeur : Stanford University Press, 2008

Synopsis

From Iron Fist to Invisible Hand uses telecommunications policy as a window to examine major contradictions in China's growth as an economic and political superpower. While China policy analysts wonder why the government occasionally restrains growth and raises prices, technologists marvel at how the telecommunications industry continues to grow enormously despite constraints and unpredictability in the market. Frustration is pervasive in the business environment, where regulations are constantly changing. This book provides six policy-focused case studies, each centered on a question with implications for telecome stakeholders, such as: Who is the regulator?Who are the regulated? Which foreigners can enter China, thereby regulating wholesale prices, setting consumer prices, and introducing Internet and innovative technologies? These cases explain the government's liberal and conservative approach toward reform, the policies that both promote and constrain business, and the major hurdles that lie ahead in telecommunications reform.

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À propos de l?auteur

Irene S. Wu is currently the Yahoo! Fellow in Residence at the Georgetown University School of Foreign Service, as well as Director of Research in the International Bureau of the Federal Communications Commission (FCC).

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Stanford University Press
• Date d'édition: 2008
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 0804759626
• ISBN 13: 9780804759625
• Reliure: Relié
• Nombre de pages: 208
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