caa a22 4500 477076319 CHVBK 20180405111439.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170330e19960301xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/BF01580535 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/BF01580535 Telecommunications technologies and regional development: theoretical considerations and empirical evidence [Elektronische Daten] [Roberta Capello, Peter Nijkamp] The paper provides an analysis of network externalities in the telecommunications sector and their effects on corporate and regional performance. It can essentially be regarded as part of the general theoretical reflection on the role of telecommunications in economic development, by emphasising the importance of telecommunications for future economic growth. However, the advantages derived from these technologies stem not only from the technological changes taking place in the sector, but also from their nature as interrelated technologies. This stems from the fact that when a new subscriber joins the network, the marginal costs of his entry are lower than the marginal benefits he creates for people (firms) already networked. This difference between marginal costs and benefits (in favour of the benefits) inevitably reflects on industrial performance and — via multiplicative effects — on regional performance. The paper presents an empirical part where an effort is made to measure telecommunications network externalities. Regional differences in the exploitation of network externalities emerge between firms located in the north and in the south of Italy. Springer-Verlag, 1996 Capello Roberta Department of Economics, Politecnico of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milan, Italy aut Nijkamp Peter Department of Economics, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut The Annals of Regional Science Springer-Verlag 30/1(1996-03-01), 7-30 0570-1864 30:1<7 1996 30 168 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580535 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01580535 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Capello Roberta Department of Economics, Politecnico of Milan, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci 32, I-20133, Milan, Italy aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Nijkamp Peter Department of Economics, Free University, P.O. Box 7161, 1007 MC, Amsterdam, The Netherlands aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- The Annals of Regional Science Springer-Verlag 30/1(1996-03-01), 7-30 0570-1864 30:1<7 1996 30 168 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer