ITS 9th European Regional Conference
Leuven, Belgium
August 29-31, 1997

Hosted by the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
(in association with the 24th EARIE Conference, Aug. 31 - Sept. 3, 1997)

    
Call for Papers

     
Guidelines for the Submission of Papers

Papers (in English) should be based on current research. Submissions must be received no later than March 31, 1997. The referee process will continue through May 31, 1997. All authors of accepted papers are required to register for the conference by July 31, 1997.

Papers must meet the following requirements:

  • Text in Microsoft Word 6.0, tables/graphics in Microsoft Excel 5.0
  • Submissions should consist of 3 copies of both a one-page abstract (250 words) including the paper heading and the paper of no more than 25 pages (typewritten, double-spaced) as hardcopy and on diskette (3 1/2 '')

  

    
1997 Young ITS Telecom Fellow's Essay Competition

ITS will grant a number of awards to young researchers to attend the 1997 ITS European Regional Conference in Leuven, Belgium, August 29-31, 1997.

Candidates must be under 30 years of age at the time of the conference. They are requested to send copies of their essay by April 30, 1997. Clearly mark your essay as a submission to the Young ITS Telecom Fellow's Essay Competition.

Please address all contributions to:

Jürgen Müller, c/o DIW
Königin-Luise-Str. 5, D-14195 Berlin
Tel. +49 30 89789-662, Fax. +49 30 89789-200
Email: jmueller@fhw-berlin.de
      

  

Research Areas:

  • Regulation

    • Regulation at the National and EU Level: Which Division of Labor?
    • Comparison of Regulatory Regimes: Telecoms versus Energy and Transport
    • Political Economy of Telecoms Regulation
    • Implementation of EU Directives in Member States
    • Structural and Behavioral Regulation (with a view towards the European market)
    • Economic Approaches to Spectrum Management
    • Universal Service Obligations: What is it?
    • Open Network Architecture: Pricing and Other Access Issues
    • Standards and Intellectual Property Rights
    • Effects of Regulation on Innovation and Productivity
    • Competition in Local Markets: CATV, Narrow Band and Cellular Services
    • Balloting to Facilitate Entry: Lessons From Abroad
    • Telecom Deregulation: Consequences for Less Developed Countries
    • Antitrust Tools versus Sector Specific Regulation
            
       

  • Industrial Policy Issues

    • Privatisation of Existing Carriers or Restructuring through Mergers (i.e. Telecom Italia, Portugal) or Demergers
    • Business Strategies / International Alliances in Converging or Colliding Markets
    • Research and Development with Globalization
    • Information Superhighway in the Context of SME's
    • Trade and Regulation of International Telecommunications: The Role of the WTO
    • ITU versus WTO: Perspectives for Cooperation or Overlapping Jurisdiction?
    • Competition and Privatization of International Facilities (Intelsat, Inmarsat)
    • Role of FDI / Foreign Operators and Local Governments in Transition Countries
             
  

  • Role of Telecommunications Infrastructure

    • Impact of Infrastructure on Regional and General Economic Developments
    • Country Studies / Case Studies
    • Information Infrastructure - Implications for "Haves" and "Have-Not" Nations
    • Measuring Technical Progress and Productivity in Telecom Services: productivity, quality etc.
             
     

  • Changes in the Structure of the Telecommunications Industry

    • Globalization of Telecom Service Providers
    • Structure of International Alliances and the Effects on Competition
    • Market Cooperation and Co-existence of Different Telecom Services
    • Costs and Benefits of Vertical Separation: Lessons From the Recent US Turnaround
    • Role of Regional and Local Telecom Companies
          

      

  • Convergence among Telecommunications, Broadcasting and Computing

    • Strategies in the Multimedia Business: horizontal and vertical integration
    • Convergence in the Information Highway to the Home
    • Globalization of Mass Media Markets
    • Video on Demand
           

  • Telecommunication Services

    • Opportunities for Network Based Services
    • Substitution Effects of Upcoming Services/Products
    • Methodologies for Forecasting Telecommunications Product / Service Developments
    • Usage Patterns of Services / Monitoring Product and Service Developments
    • Telecommunications and Mass Media Market
    • The Internet: A New Paradigm for the Telecom Market (convergence, pricing, internet and consequences)
    • Internet and Multimedia: How do they interact?
    • Internet-based Market Opportunities
    • Internet as a Network Tool for New Telecom Applications
    • Role of Systems Providers past 1998
    • Corporate and Private Networks
    • Mobile Telecom Services (GSM, PCS/N and CT2)
           
     

  • Other Themes

    • Empirical I/O and Telecommunications
    • The Effect of Telecommunication Usage on Industry Organizations (across firms and within)
    • Outsourcing of Telecom Services
    • Value Creation through Telecom Seivices
    • Influence of Business Ethics and Community
    • Social and Employment Impact of Telecom Applications
    • Harmonized International Billing Systems for Different Telecommunications Services