Management of international networks : cost-effective strategies for the new telecom regulations and services /: cost-effective strategies for the new telecom regulations and services. (©2000)

• Record Type: Book
• Further Information: Note: Floris van den Broek.
• Other Names: Broek, Floris van den, 1965-
• Contents: MANAGEMENT OF INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS; Introduction; International Networks; Reasons for the Research (Why?); A Model for Management of International Networks; Research Question (What?); Research Approach (How?); Network Management: Current Literature; Summary; THEORETICAL DEVELOPMENT; General Theories: Telecommunications Management Network; Theories for Input Parameter Regulatory Environment; Theories for Input Parameter Telecommunications Services Offering; Theories for Output Parameter Cost-Effective Management; Crossing International Borders; Legal Implications of Crossing International Borders; Summary; REGULATORY ENVIRONMENT; Legal Framework for Competition; Regulatory Body; Competition Active; Overview of the Regulatory Environment; New Developments in Regulatory Environments; Summary; TELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES OFFERING; Telecommunications Services; Economic of Services Crossing International Borders; International Organizations and Telecommunications Services; Developing a Telecommunications Services Offering Matrix; Summary; COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT; Overview of Cost-Effective Management; Cost Relative to Size of the Network; Performance of the Network; Calculating the Cost-Effective Management of the Network; Summary; EXPLORATIVE CASE; Lucent Technologies; International Particularities in Practice; Summary and Conclusions from the Explorative Case; THE COST-EFFECTIVE MANAGEMENT MODEL; Requirements for a Cost-Effective Management Model; Propositions for the Cost-Effective Management Model; Propositions Explained with Heuristics; Propositions Tested with Statistics in the Cases; Summary; DESCRIPTION OF THE TEST CASES; Requirements Activities, and Description of the Cases; Case 1: Calvin Klein Cosmetics Company (CKCC); Case 2: United Nations Development Programme (UNDP); Summary and Conclusions; RESULTS OF THE STATISTICAL ANALYSIS OF THE CASES; Statistical Analysis Methods and Statistical Indicators; Results of the Statistical Analysis for the CKCC Case; Results of the Statistical Analysis for the UNDP Case; Summary; CONCLUSIONS, PRACTICAL RECOMMENDATIONS, COST-EFFECTIVE STRATEGIES, AND FUTURE STEPS; Conclusions: Research Results; Recommendations; Cost-Effective Strategies for Management of International Networks: A Checklist; Further Research; Summary; APPENDIX: NETWORK MANAGER SURVEY; GLOSSARY OF TERMS; REFERENCES; INDEX;
• Publisher Details: Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press
• Publication Date: 2000
• Copyright Date: 2000
• Extent: 1 online resource (191 pages), illustrations
• Subjects: 658/.05467; Telecommunication -- Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management Science; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Organizational Behavior; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Industrial Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS -- Management; Telecommunication -- Management; Electronic books
• Languages: English
• ISBNs: 0849307392; 9780849307393; 9781435606524; 1435606523; 9781420074444; 1281144509; 9781281144508
• Related ISBNs: 142007444X
• Notes: Note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 179-183) and index.
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