Monopolist logic? Managing technology in the telecom sector during technological and regulatory change
研究瑞典电信运营商Televerket（后为Telia）在技术变革和放松管制背景下对ISDN技术的投资与管理，发现项目可能因政治原因而维持，即使长期亏损也不放弃，并存在将项目作为放松管制谈判筹码的垄断者逻辑。
After 1980, the telecom industry rapidly changed. Several new technologies were introduced, and telecom sectors in many countries opened for competition. The new technologies were available to all operators, but not all technologies assumed the same risks. Drawing upon rich archival sources from the Swedish telecom operator Televerket (after 1993, Telia), we examine the investment in and management of one new technology – ISDN. By exploring the choices and rationales for initiating and ending a technology project, we find that they may be pursued for political reasons – what we call ‘investment as corporate political activity’, and that many years of losses are sometimes not enough to abandon these projects. We also identify a monopolist logic in which projects can be maintained for use as bargaining chips in negotiations over deregulation or options to expand in markets after deregulation.