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| Author: | McGowan, F. Mansell, R. |
| Title: | Utilities in the EC. A regime in transition |
| Journal: | Futures
1992 : JAN-FEB, VOL. 24:1, p.65-82 |
| Index terms: | ELECTRICITY SUPPLY INDUSTRY TELECOMMUNICATIONS INDUSTRY EUROPEAN INTEGRATION PUBLIC SERVICES POLICY MARKET STRUCTURE TECHNOLOGICAL CHANGE EEC |
| Language: | eng |
| Abstract: | The prospects for European electricity and telecommunications utilities in the EC policy framework are examined. It is made clear that the pattern of technological change and political initiatives has rendered the idea of the public utility far less coherent than in the past. Market restructuring, the technological dynamics of the industries and variations in policy approaches are identified as the main causes of the breach in the utility concept. The extent to which the historically national framework for these utilities may be superseded by an EC regime is considered, and some of the tensions between integration and competition are explored. |
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