The Rise of the New Network Industries

Cutting through the confusion around the nature and implications of digitalization, this book explores the rise of the new digital networks, how they affect traditional infrastructures, and how they will eventually need to be regulated.

Autorentext

Juan Montero is Professor of Regulation at the Law School of UNED University, Madrid, Spain; part-time Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, in the Florence School of Regulation; and of counsel in MLAB.

Matthias Finger is Professor Emeritus from Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale in Lausanne, Switzerland (EPFL); part-time Professor at the European University Institute in Florence, Italy, where he directs the Florence School of Regulation's Transport Area; and Professor at the Faculty of Management at Istanbul Technical University (ITÜ).

Inhalt

Introduction; Part I: The Digitalization Dilemma in the Network Industries; 1. Digitalizing the Network Industries; 2. Platforms in Multi-Sided Markets; 3. Digital Platforms; 4. Disruption by Digital Platforms: Substitution and Platformization; 5. Network Industries Disrupted by Platforms; Part II: Platforms in the Communications Industries; 6. Network Effects in Communications; 7. Email: Postal Networks are Substituted; 8. Skype and WhatsApp: Telecom Carriers are Platformed; 9. YouTube: Traditional Media Substituted and Platformed; 10 The Regulatory Challenges Posed by Communications Platforms; Part III: Platforms in the Transport Industries; 11. Scale and Networks in Transportation; 12. Amadeus, Sabre and Air Transport; 13. Uber and Urban Mobility; 14. BlaBlaCar and Long-Distance Mobility; 15. Mobility-as-a-Service: The Network of Networks; 16. Transport Providers are Platformed; Part IV: Platforms in the Energy Industries; 17. Network Effects in the Energy Industries; 18. Distributed Systems and the Need for Coordination; 19. The Future of Energy; Part V: Regulating Platforms as the New Network Industries; 20. Platforms as the New Network Industries; 21. Regulating Platforms as Intermediaries; 22. Regulating Platforms as Superintermediaries; 23. Regulating Platforms with Market Power; 24. Regulating Platform Ecosystems; Afterword; Notes; References; Index