Pay-per-use business models as a driver for sustainable consumption: Evidence from the case of HOMIE

Pay-per-use business models where consumers pay for the unit of service (e.g. a wash) without gaining product ownership are often linked to increased environmental performance. Consumers would become more conscious about consumption patterns and companies would take responsibility for product life cycle issues. Such benefits can only be achieved...

Cognitive radio: Aligning the regulatory environment with the technology, a business case perspective

This paper proposes to use the perspective of the business case to deal with the alignment between the introduction of new technology and the regulatory environment. Although this perspective can be used more generally this paper deals with this perspective in the context of the alignment between the introduction of Cognitive Radio technology...

Private equity leveraged buyout and public values: The bankruptcy of Eircom, Ireland

In 2008 the Delft University of Technology was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Affairs of the Netherlands to investigate the potential impact of private equity leverage buy-out in the telecommunication sector on the public values that the government wished to safeguard. The study provided an extensive analytical framework and discussed...

Understanding the dynamics of broadband markets: A comparative case study of Flanders and the Netherlands

The Digital Agenda for Europe sets out clear goals for providing high speed broadband to all its residents, but leaves the implementation of this plan to the individual Member States. Because of large economic, cultural and political differences, the roads to realizing these ambitious goals are varying in between these Member States. This paper...

Electronic Communications: Municipalities as Stakeholders

In the rhetoric of deregulation municipalities are rarely identified as stakeholders. However, they played a major role in early infrastructure developments and recently in broadband. What explains their involvement?

Van telefonie- naar internetwereld

Naast de ingreep van de overheid in de industriestructuur hebben technologische ontwikkelingen geleid tot paradigmatische veranderingen in de telecommunicatiesector. Dit leidt tot nieuwe uitdagingen voor de regulering van de sector en, door de toenemende invloed van het internet op ons economisch en sociaal handelen, tot de noodzaak het...

The Internet bubble and the impact on the development path of the telecommunication sector

In this dissertation the impact of the Internet bubble on the development path of the telecommunication sector is being explored and explained. The insights obtained are used to provide recommendations for the formation of government policy and firm strategy in the aftermath. Periods of euphoria are a recurring feature of economic development...