Telecommunications and competitiveness

Summary: When the relationship between the development of corporate telecommunications and competitiveness is considered, a number of terminological ambiguities should first be clarified. Three situations can then be defined and examined, according to whether telecommunications are considered as having a neutral, passive, or active role. The capacities of each firm, the nature of the industry and the state of competition all determine a wide variety of uses for information and communication technologies.Rallet Alain, Libbrecht Liz. Telecommunications and competitiveness. In: Réseaux. The French journal of communication, volume 2, n°1, 1994. pp. 113-133