Most network industries throughout Europe are subject to sector-specific regulation with large impact on market structures and results. Consequently, questions related to regulatory designs and their effects on market outcomes become more and more important in business and politics as well as in scholarly research.

Concentrating on Germany and the UK, Christian Wernick provides the reader with insights on the effects of different regulatory strategies, which take place under a common European regulatory framework. Combining theoretical analyses and empirical material a sophisticated and balanced picture on the coherences between regulation and investment behaviour in Germany's and the UK's broadband markets is presented.

Autorentext
Dr. Christian Wernick ist wissenschaftlicher Mitarbeiter von Prof. Dr. Dres. h.c. Arnold Picot am Institut für Information, Organisation und Management der Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München.

Zusammenfassung
Concentrating on Germany and the UK, Christian Wernick provides the reader with insights on the effects of different regulatory strategies, which take place under a common European regulatory framework. Combining theoretical analyses and empirical material a sophisticated and balanced picture on the coherences between regulation and investment behaviour in Germany's and the UK's broadband markets is presented.

Inhalt
Liberalisation and Regulation in Telecommunication Markets.- Theoretical Approaches on Strategic Investment Decisions in Regulated Markets.- Development of a Framework.- Explorative Case Studies on Strategic Investment Decisions and Regulation in European Broadband.- Findings on Strategic Investment Decisions and Regulation in European Broadband.- Conclusion and Outlook.