Analyzing the Disruptive Potential of WLAN: A Three-country Comparison of the Hotspot Market
This paper further explores the disruptive potential of WLAN technologies for incumbent MNOs based on an empirical cross-country study of the players in the hotspot market. The main proposition to be checked - whether WLAN has disruptive potential for MNOs or not, suggested by Hüsig et al. (2003, 2005) or Christensen et al. (2004) - is analyzed using up-to-date data from the hotspot market in Germany, the UK and the USA. Our results imply that incumbent MNOs and new entrants have taken advantage of the opportunity provided by WLAN technologies and the hotspot market. However, the market success of both types of players varies between the countries analyzed. Incumbent MNOs dominate in Germany and the USA but not in the UK. These country-specific differences suggest that the analysis of disruptive potential needs to include consideration of the institutional environment.
WLAN MNO Disruptive Technology Radical Technological Change Telecommunications.
Stefan H(U)SIG Michael DOWLING Christiane HIPP
Management of Innovation and Technology, University of Regensburg, 93040 Regensburg, Germany Organization and Human Resource Management, Brandenburg University of Technology Cottbus, 03013 Cott
国际会议
The Fifth InternationalSymposium on Management of Technology(ISMOT07)(第五届技术与创新管理国际研讨会)
杭州
英文
284-288
2007-06-01（万方平台首次上网日期，不代表论文的发表时间）