The Economic and Social Impact of Electronic Commerce

This book was prepared as a background document for the OECD Ministerial Conference on "A Borderless World: Realising the Potential of Global Electronic Commerce", held in Ottawa, Canada, in October 1998. It represents one of the very first analy...

Cross-Ownership and Convergence

The clear cut boundaries that separated the different communications markets, such as telecommunication and broadcasting, are blurring as convergence, pushed by rapid technological development, is impacting both infrastructures and services. Dema...

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