We compare methods to allocate resources or operator licenses in industries where the future value of the resource is unknown at the time of allocation as it depends on ex-post joint actions of operators. For example, the value of radio spectrum licenses may depend on ex-post investments into infrastructure development by the operators. Some countries consider infrastructure development among t...

the study focuses on identifying the university incubators existing infrastructure and their role in the university spin-offs establishment. the study adopts an integrated approach as its methodology. the statistical population includes all universities and colleges managers, experts in universities’ incubators in mazandaran province. to perform the sampling, the purposive sampling and stratifi...

Investment in national infrastructure is critical for growth in early-phase translational research and experimental medicine.

The recognition that resilience is a critical aspect of infrastructure resilience has caused the national and homeland security communities to ask “How does one ensure infrastructure resilience?” Previous analysis methods have primarily focused on system recovery activities following the occurrence of a disruptive event. In this report, we expand on those methods by including pre-disruption inv...

Designing and managing an economy’s technology infrastructure requires both accurate economic models and data to drive them. Previous models treat technology as a homogeneous entity, thereby precluding assessing investment barriers affecting infrastructure elements. The model presented overcomes this deficiency by disaggregating the knowledge production function into key elements of the typical...

This work presents a strategic investment framework for mobile TV infrastructure. We address the question of whether an operator should enter the mobile TV market and, if yes, when to do so. We consider a realistic setting where the mobile TV network is mainly relying on a DVB infrastructure whose coverage can be complemented by the cellular network. As several actors may be involved in this se...

This is the fourth annual special issue of Industrial and Corporate Change devoted to research on telecommunications policy and strategy. The papers in this special issue represent research discussed at the annual conference of the Consortium for Research on Telecommunications Policy and Strategy, held at the University of Michigan Business School in Ann Arbor, during June, 1998. The Consortium...

The paper examines the relationship between domestic investment, export and economic growth in India during 1970-71 to 2007-08. Using Johnson's cointegration methodology the study found the presence of a long term relationship between investment, exports and the economic growth of India. The study further shows that only domestic investment significantly contributes to economic growth both in t...