European market integration and the political economy of corporate adjustment: OTE and Telecom Italia, 1949-2009

Andreas Kornelakis

Business History, 2015, vol. 57, issue 6, 885-902

Abstract: Despite the common challenges posed by European market integration and liberalisation, the behaviour of telecommunications operators across Europe suggests a variety of modes of adjustment and paths to privatisation. The article examines the puzzle of divergent responses to liberalisation by OTE and Telecom Italia (TI), casting light on their distinct paths to privatisation and internationalisation. The cases are considered in the context of the Varieties of Capitalism frame, which challenges the perspective that global market integration will lead to convergence in strategies and structures. Thus, the article suggests that the observed differences are largely explained by the domestic actors' preferences, and to a much lesser extent attributed to the globalising forces of technological change and competition.

Date: 2015
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DOI: 10.1080/00076791.2014.986106

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