Open-layered networks: the growing importance of market coordination

Based upon the Internet perspective, this paper will attempt to clarify and revise several ideas about the separation between infrastructure facilities and service offerings in digital communications networks. The key notions that we will focus on in this paper are: (i) the bearer service (BS) as a...

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Published inDecision Support Systems Vol. 28; no. 1; pp. 137 - 153
Main Authors Kavassalis, Petros, Bailey, Joseph P., Lee, Thomas Y.
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Amsterdam Elsevier B.V 01.03.2000
Elsevier Sequoia S.A
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Communications networks
Infrastructure
Internet
Market coordination
Open-layered networks
Studies
Market coordination
Open-layered networks
Internet
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Summary:Based upon the Internet perspective, this paper will attempt to clarify and revise several ideas about the separation between infrastructure facilities and service offerings in digital communications networks. The key notions that we will focus on in this paper are: (i) the bearer service (BS) as a technology-independent interface which exports blind network functionality to applications development; and (ii) the organizational consequences associated with the emergence of a sustainable market of BS: a clear movement at the level of industrial structure from traditional hierarchies to more market coordination.
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ISSN:0167-9236
1873-5797
DOI:10.1016/S0167-9236(99)00080-9