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Book SynopsisThe objective of this book is to present a comprehensive evaluation of the smart revolution, including its social and economic impacts. It proposes a modern framework to help assess how recent information and communication technologies (ICTs) can contribute to societies as a whole.
The authors offer a guide to how advanced network technologies have led to a greater variety of applications and social networking services. These allow people to connect with each other both at a more personal and global level, and will ultimately herald a new era of ICTs that will shape the 'digital society'.
This essential resource will appeal to academics, government officials and practitioners in telecommunications and media.
Contributors: H. Ahmad, E. Bohlin, T. Bunno, M. Cave, M. Ehrler, N. Freund, H. Fuke, T. Garín-Muñoz, C. Gijón, K. Hatta, A. Henten, H. Idota, T. Jitsuzumi, N. Kasuga, M. Kimura, C. Kongaut, Y.-L. Liu, R. López, M. Lundborg, G. Madden, H. Mitomo, K.-Y. Na, A. Nakamura, T. Otsuka, T. Pérez-Amaral, E.O. Ruhle, N. Sakurai, M. Shishikura, M. Sugaya, R. Tadyoni, K. Takachi, M. Tsuji, C.-H. Yoon
Table of ContentsTable of Contents INTRODUCTION: THE IMPACT OF THE SMART REVOLUTION Erik Bohlin, Hidenori Fuke and Hitoshi Mitomo PART I ICT ECOSYSTEM IN TRANSFORMATION 1. The Dominance of the IT Industry in a Converging ICT Ecosystem Anders Henten and Reza Tadayoni 2. Model Analysis of the Two-sided Market of the Mobile Broadband Business: in Japan and Worldwide Keisuke Takachi and Toshiya Jitsuzumi 3. Digital Power Shift from Network to Smart Devices: How will Regulators Cope with Digital Power? Minoru Sugaya PART II WHAT DID THE SMART REVOLUTION ACHIEVE FOR BUSINESS AND SOCIETY? 4. Empirical Analysis of the Relationship between Social Media Use and Product Innovation: Focusing on SNS Use and Social Capital Hiroki Idota, Teruyuki Bunno and Masatsugu Tsuji 5. Efficiency of Transport Infrastructure and ICT Development Kyoung-Youn Na and Chang-Ho Yoon 6. Telecommunication Service Countermeasures against Disasters: Japanese Peoples’ Willingness to Pay for Telecommunication Services Akihiro Nakamura 7. The Role of Media and ICT to Motivate People to take Post-quake Recovery Action: An Evidence of the “Pythagorean Effect” Hitoshi Mitomo, Tokio Otsuka and Mikio Kimura PART III NEW ISSUES CREATED BY THE SMART REVOLUTION 8. Customer Service Quality and Incomplete Information in Mobile Telecommunications: A Game Theoretical Approach to Consumer Protection Rafael López, Teodosio Pérez-Amaral, Teresa Garín-Muñoz and Covadonga Gijón 9. Industry-specific Patterns Inherent in Personal Information Leakage Incidents in Japan: Analyses of an Incident Database Naoko Sakurai PART IV REGULATION REQUIRED FOR THE SMART REVOLUTION 10. Smart Devices, Fixed/mobile Convergence and the Cloud: Some Medium Term Regulatory Challenges Martin Cave and Keiko Hatta 11. Problems with International Mobile Roaming – Excessive Deregulation Works Against User’s Interests Hidenori Fuke PART V NEW FEATURES IN THE MEDIA INDUSTRY 12. An Estimation of Marginal WTP for Variety in the Broadcasting Platform Manabu Shishikura and Norihiro Kasuga 13. The Impact of Newly-emerging Media on Traditional Media Platforms in Taiwan: A Co-opetition Perspective Yu-li Liu PART VI THE SMART REVOLUTION IN COUNTRIES 14. The Australian Digital Market: Opportunities and Challenges Gary Madden and Hasnat Ahmad 15. NGA Networks as Basis for a Sustainable Digital Society – European Country Studies (Germany, UK, the Netherlands and Switzerland) Ernst-Olav Ruhle, Matthias Ehrler, Natascha Freund and Martin Lundborg 16. Understanding Market Definition, Relevant Market and Significant Market Power (SMP) Frameworks in the EU Chatchai Kongaut and Erik Bohlin Index
