Reviews

First Year:  2004

PART 1: Deliverables

Del. no. Deliverable name WP no.  Delivery date (proj. month)
D.1  Project Presentation Title Page
Project Presentation (Online)
WP5 M5 
D. 2  Preliminary Report on the Game Theoretic Literature on Network Formation WP 1  M6 
D.3  Preliminary Report on the Economic Literature on Bilateral Peering Decisions WP 1  M6 
D.4  Part A: First Preliminary Report on Traffic Evolution at LINX
Part B: The Evolution of Peering Traffic at MIX Milan
WP 1  M10 
D.5  Initial Data-Set on Transit Prices and Quality WP 1  M10 
D.6  Large Database of European Export Companies and Case Study WP 2  M10 
D.7  Econometric Estimation of the Contribution of each Regulatory Tool Available to National Regulatory Agencies to the Performance of the Telecommunications Market  WP 4  M12 
D.8  Paper on Optimality and Networks  WP 1  M12 
D.9  Paper on Agglomeration in the Internet Exchange Points  WP 1  M12 
D.10  Interim Report on European Connectivity on IXPs  WP 1  M12 
D.11      

Interim Report on Comparison of EU-US Internet
Connectivity Structures

WP 1  
M12


PART 2: First Year Activity
Notes:

(1) Deliverable 1 is divided into the title page which contains the required information about authorship, etc. and a link to the CoCombine Web-Site which encompases the deliverable.

(2) Deliverable 4 is divided into two papers, one relating to LINX in London, and one to MIX in Milan.

(3) Some financial information is provided in section 3 of the Activity Report. The "Form C" financial details constituting the Management Report will be sent as soon as the partners will ahve sent all the detailed financial information,  within the 45 day delivery period.

(4) The Executive Summary is also reproduced early on in the text of the Activity Report.

Second Year: 2005

PART 1: Second Year Deliverables

Del. no. Deliverable name WP no.  Delivery date (proj. month)
D.12   
European Survey and first 2 working papers   
WP2      
M16
D.13   
Papers on  Proposed modifications to: 1) definitions of relevant markets (product and geographic); 2) measures of the relative strength of competing firms and the benefits of agreements among them
WP 4
M18
D.14 
WP 4
M18
D.15 
Report on Vertical and Geographical Market Boundaries for the European Internet
WP 1 M18
D.16
Report on the Role of Coorperative Peering Networks as ISPs in New Accession Countries
WP 1
M18
D.17 Paper on the Peering/Transit complementarity 
WP 1   
M18
D.18 
Final Plan for using and disseminating knowledge   
WP 5   
M24
D.19  

Final versions of the working papers to be submitted as Journal Articles 
WP 2   
M24
D.20    

Several working papers, submitted for publication in refereed international academic journals on Internet contents and access   WP 3  
M24
D.21     

Final version of the reports to be delivered at conference and meeting with the relevant competition authorities.   WP 5 
M24
D.22  Talks for the industry and the governments in Norway and EU  WP 3  M24 
D.23  Popular articles presented for a Norwegian as well as an EU audience  WP 3  M24 
D.24  Final results of the survey questioners  WP 2  M24 
D.25  Final Draft of the European Internet connectivity map  WP 1  M24 
D.26  Two books, the first a synthesis of the findings from the project as a whole, suitable for both academic and practitioner audiences, the second a collection of specialised chapters from the various contributors on the particular aspects of their research involvement. Part1 and  Part 2
WP 2  M24 
D.27  From the case study analysis, at least two working papers. A first one aimed at offering a comprehensive picture of the "Cagliari area" case. A second one aimed at developing a theoretical interpretation of this case and isolate the main policy lessons which can be drawn  WP 2  M24 
D.28  Final conference of the consortium, with publishing of the proceedings. WP 5  M24 
D.29  Report on the role of IXPs and e-government in Italy WP 1  M24 

PART 2: Second year Activity
Third Year:  2006

PART 1: Third Year Deliverables

Del No Deliverable Name WP no. Delivery date (proj. month)
D.30 Web publishing of Interactive European Connectivity Map WP 5 M27
D.31 Briefing on the Meeting with representative of ISPs and IXPs European trade associations, to disseminate the results WP 1 M27
D.32 Report on raising public participation and awareness WP 5 M27

PART 2: Third year Activity



Related papers and material by CoCombine partners of potential interest to the reviewers:

PUBLICATIONS AND RESEARCH OUTPUT


Cocombine Publications  WP1


1 Giovannetti, E., Kagami, M. Tsuji, M., “Agglomeration and New Technologies: a Global Perspective”, Edward Elgar Publishing, forthcoming

 2 D’Ignazio, A., and Giovannetti, E.,  “Antitrust Analysis for the Internet Upstream Market: A Border Gateway Protocol Approach” accepted for publication in the Journal of Competition Law & Economics and  available as a AEI –Brookings joint center publication and as Cambridge Working Papers in Economics (CWPE).no. 0554.

 3 D’Ignazio, A., and Giovannetti, E.,  “From Exogenous to Endogenous Economic Networks: Internet Applications”,  Journal of Economic Surveys forthcoming and CWPE .

4  Giovannetti, E., “Diagonal Mergers and Foreclosure in the Internet” Review of Network Economics, Vol 4, March 2005, pp 33-62.

 5 Giovannetti, E., and Ristuccia, C., “Estimating Market Power in the Internet backbone using  the IP Transit  Band-X Database”, Telecommunications Policy, vol 29, 2005, pp 269-284,

6  Giovannetti, E., Kagami, M. Tsuji, M., “Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries”, Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004.

 7 Giovannetti, E.  “Internet Upstream Connectivity and Competition Policy: Western Europe and Southern Africa” in “Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries”. Edward Elgar Publishing, 2004

8 D’Ignazio, A., and Giovannetti, E.,   “Reti-Networks”, Rivista di Politca Economica, vol 94 n 3, 2004, pp. 259-330,

 9 D’Ignazio, A., and Giovannetti, E.,   “Reti-Networks Replica”, Rivista di Politca Economica, vol 94 n 3, 2004, pp. 341-343.

10 Lippert, S. and Spagnolo G.  Network of Relations and Social Capital CEPR Discussion Paper n 5078   May 2005

11 Sgroi, D.,Optimality and Networks: Social Network Theory, Broadband and the World Wide Web

12 D'Ignazio, A. Giovannetti, E.    Spatial Dispersion of Peering Clusters in the European Internet CWPE 0601  January 2006

13
Giovannetti, E., Neuhoff , K., and Spagnolo, G. Agglomeration in Internet Co-operation Peering Agreements  CWPE 0505 Janaury 2005

14
D’Ignazio, A., and Giovannetti, E.,  “Unfair” Discrimination in two-sided Peering? Evidence from LINX 

 CoCombine Publications  WP2
    1. Lancastre, Andrew & Luis Filipe Lages (in press), "The relationship between buyer and a B2B e-marketplace: Cooperation determinants in an electronic market context," Industrial Marketing Management, forthcoming.

    2. Lages, Carmen, Cristiana Lages & Luis Fillipe Lages (2005), "The RELQUAL scale: A measure of relationship quality in export market ventures," Journal of Business Research, 58, 1040-1048.

    3. Lages, Luis Filipe, Carmen Lages & Cristiana Raquel Lages (2005), "Bringing export performance metrics into annual reports: The APEV scale and the PERFEX scorecard," Journal of International Marketing, 13(3), 79-104.

    4. Lages, Luis Filipe, Carmen Lages & Cristiana Raquel Lages (2005), "European managers' perspective on export performance determinants," Journal of Euromarketing, 15(2), 75-92.

    5. Lages, Luis Filipe & David B.Montgomery (2005), "The relationship between export assistance and performance improvement in Portuguese export ventures: An empirical testing of the mediating role of pricing strategy adaptation,” European Journal of Marketing, 39(7/8), 755-784.

    6. Lages, Luis Filipe, Carmen Lages & Cristiana Raquel Lages (2004), “Main consequences of prior export performance results: an exploratory study of European exporters,” Working Paper nr. 445, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, ISSN: 0871-2573

    7. Lages, Luis Filipe (2004), "Directions for advancing export marketing theory in the Asia Pacific region: What can we learn from research in other regions of the world? " Journal of Asia Pacific Marketing, Invited article for the Special Issue on Advancing Export Marketing Theory in the Asia Pacific Region, 3 (2/3), 69-83.

    8. Lages Luis Filipe, Carmen Lages & Cristiana Raquel Lages (2004), "European perspectives on export performance determinants: An exploratory study," Working Paper nr. 444, Faculdade de Economia, Universidade Nova de Lisboa, Portugal, ISSN: 0871-2573

    9 Pauwels, P. and K. de Ruyter (Eds.) Research of International Service Marketing: A State of the Art. Advances in International Marketing, Vol.15, Greenwich, CT: Elsevier JAI Press. 197 pp. --- ISBN 0-7623 1185 1

    10. Murroni C., (2004) “ICT and local development: A case study of the metropolitan area of Cagliari,” CRENoS WP 04/19

    11.  Murroni C. and A.M. Pinna (2006), “The impact of Tiscali on the Cagliari Area,” CRENoS WP, forthcoming

CoCombine Publications  WP3
1 Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Lars Sørgard: ‘Strategic Regulation Policy on the Internet’, Journal of Regulatory Economics, forthcoming.

2 Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Lars Sørgard: ‘Managerial Incentives and Access Price Regulation’, Working Paper 46/04, SNF.

3 Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Jan Yngve Sand: ‘Why Potential Entry May Increase Platform Sponsoers’ Profit’, Working Paper 62/05.

4 Øystein Foros, Hans Jarle Kind and Lars Sørgard: ‘Welfare effects of one-sided regulation when internationally traded complements are unregulated’, Working Paper 64/05, SNF.

CoCombine Publications  WP4

Competition in the Internet Backbone Market Paolo Buccirossi, Laura Ferrari Bravo and Paolo Siciliani, World Competion  April 2005

 Telecommunications Policies: Measurement and Determinants
Jordi Gual and Francesc Trillas, Under Revision for the Review of Network Economics , December 2005