A new and integrated system of analysis for digitally integrated telecommunication on the information superhighway

Grounded in theories of market structure, conduct, and performance, this dissertation explains and gives shape to the changes now occurring in the rapidly integrating telecommunication industry by developing and presenting a new and integrated system of analysis that is relevant in the era of the "information superhighway.".;This dissertation contributes to the research in a number of new and important ways. A system of analysis that is relevant to telecommunication in the 21;All of this culminates in a system of analysis that is robust enough to tackle the complexity and pace of digitally integrated telecommunication technology, explaining and predicting developments even in the complex, integrated, and deregulated environment of what has become the largest industrial enterprise of our time--telecommunication and its associated technologies and services.;The system of analysis provides a platform from which further studies can be conducted on specific elements, industry segments, or the industry itself.