MIR Chair. Management of Network Industries. Annual Report April Chair MIR is financed, in part, by Swiss Post

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1 MIR Chair Management of Network Industries Annual Report 2008 April 2009 Chair MIR is financed, in part, by Swiss Post

2 Core Competence: Network Industries

3 Team Personal assistant Ms P. Vionnet Prof. M. Finger Teaching Research Dr. M. Laperrouza PhDs Executive Education E. Swars Joint newsletter with TU Delft Joint editorship of scientific journal with TU Delft e-gov 4 th edition Postal Leadership 1 st edition

4 Research 2 core research areas: Co-evolution between institutions and technology in infrastructures Network industry regulation and governance Research conducted in-house and through a network of partners: Section Economics of Infrastructures, TU Delft (joint newsletter, joint editorship of scientific journal Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, joint PhD program, joint Handbook on Infrastructure Liberalization ) ATOM, Paris 1 Sorbonne (joint PhD Program) Florence School of Regulation, European University Institute (joint PhD program)

5 Research projects Project Next Generation Infrastructures, joint project with TU Delft, Paris I Sorbonne, George Mason University financed by NGI-TU Delft; ; researcher: Dr. Marc Laperrouza Co-principal investigator, Project Customs Risk Management, joint project with Prof. Ari-Pekka Hameri, University of Lausanne, financed by the Swiss national Science Foundation, Partner, Project CARMA (Carbon capture and storage) with ETHZ, funded by CCEM, CSEM, Alstom

6 Conference organization Annual Global Postal Research and Education Network Conference (GPREN) 2 nd edition held on April 28th 2008 at EPFL (11 scientific papers) First annual conference on Competition and Regulation in Network Industries (Brussels, November 28, 2008) in partnership with TU Delft and CEPS 99 participants from 16 countries and 28 papers Hosted the conference on Cyber-Infrastructure and e- Government: The Perspective of Government CIOs in May 2008

7 Other activities Manage of scientific journal Competition and Regulation in Network Industries in collaboration with TU Delft (Prof. M. Finger acts as Editor-in-Chief and Dr. Marc Laperrouza as Managing Editor) Publication of Network Industries Quarterly, a newsletter in collaboration with TU Delft (Dr. Jean-François Auger acts as Editor-in-Chief) Creation of a discussion paper series on Coherence between institutions and technologies in infrastructures

8 PhD thesis Defended in 2008 Cátia Alexandra Pereira Felisberto: The effect of liberalization on incumbent's innovation: the case of the postal sector Studies the effect of liberalization, with and without competition, on the incumbent's incentives to innovate Patrick Mollet Diversification into Logistics: Strategies for Incumbent Postal Operators in Europe Examines diversification strategies with the focus on diversification of postal incumbents into the logistics business

9 PhD thesis on-going (1/3) Doctoral School, Management Technology Farah Abdallah Coopetition in Standard Setting Organizations: Incentives and Strategies for Firms to Collaborate in a Network of Rivals Gaëtan Cherix Innovative tools for planning and management of energy systems in urban areas Nicolas Crettenand The facilitation of mini-hydro power in Switzerland through institutional and financial mechanisms Christof Duthaler Next-Generation Capacity Allocation for a Sustainable European Electricity Market Martin Maegli Regulatory Institutions in the Postal Sector: The Behavior of Regulatory Authorities and the Consequences for Institutions and Costs of Governance in Regulatory Arrangements

10 PhD thesis On-going (2/3) Doctoral School, Management Technology Gustave Nguene Nguene Strategic options of energy service companies in opened markets Alexander Roehrl From Grand Plans to Transnational Network Infrastructure in Asia: A socio-technical and co-evolutionary perspective on network integration across national borders Bastian Schwark How does perceived regulatory uncertainty influence capacity investments in the European electricity market? Andrea Stucki The external and internal factors necessary for the implementation of open innovation models in public utilities Luis Trevino Villarreal Managing power needs for the energy intensive Industry in the EU: Towards a methodology for developing an energy sourcing strategy

11 PhD thesis On-going (3/3) Doctoral School, Energy Nikolaos Iliadis Financial Risk Modelling in Electricity Portfolio Optimisation a Stochastic Dual Dynamic Programming approach for hydroelectric assets Doctoral School, Architecture Alison Wolanski City design, competitive identity and the politics of development: Is brand image management a legitimate strategic planning tool for poorer cities?

12 Publications (1/2) BOOKS Park, j., Conca, K. & M. Finger (eds.) (2008) The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Towards a new Political Economy of Sustainability. London: Routledge. BOOK CHAPTERS Finger, M. (2008) Sustainable Global Governance? An organizational and institutional perspective. In: Park, J. Finger, M. & K. Conca). The Crisis of Global Environmental Governance: Towards a new Political Economy of Sustainability. London: Routledge. PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Felisberto, C. and M. Finger (2008) Worksharing and Innovation in the American Postal Sector, Competition and Regulation in Network Industries, Vol.9, No.4, pp

13 Publications (2/2) PEER REVIEWED ARTICLES Finger M., J. Allouche and P. Manso (2008) Water sector evolution scenarios: the case of Europe, Water Policy, Vol.10, No.3, pp Finger M., P. Zimmermann and P. Müller (2008) Moving Beyond the Technological Neutrality Myth: the ICTs and Power in Public Administrations, International Journal of Electronic Governance, Vol.1, No.2, pp Finger M. et al. (2008) The effect of entry regulation on process innovation in the Swiss mail sector, Swiss Journal of Economics and Statistics, Vol. 144 (1), pp OTHER PUBLICATIONS More than 30 conference and working papers

14 Education in other Schools (1/2) University of Fribourg Switzerland Politique de la concurrence, Faculté de sciences économiques et sociales (39 hours), given by Dr. M. Laperrouza Competition and regulation in network industries, Executive MBA (6 hours) given by Dr. M. Laperrouza University of Bern Switzerland Politics of Network Industries, Master in Public Management (6 hours), given by Prof. M. Finger University of Bonn Germany Business Concepts for Network Industry Analysis, Master of European Regulation in Network Industries -MERNI (12 hours), given by Prof. M. Finger Business aspects of postal service provision, MERNI (6 hours), given by Prof. M. Finger

15 Education in other Schools (2/2) University of St-Gallen Switzerland Adult training, Sino-Swiss Management Training (6 hours), given by Prof. M. Finger Urban-rural linkages, Sino-Swiss Management Training (2 hours), given by Dr. Marc Laperrouza EPFL Switzerland Co-evolution of technology and institutions, Executive Master in e-governance (2 hours), New York, given by Prof. M. Finger Introduction to the postal sector, Executive Master in Postal Leadership (14 hours), Lausanne given by Prof. M. Finger Research Methodology, Executive Master in e-governance (2 hours), given by Dr. M. Laperrouza

16 Education: Two Executive Master Programs Executive Master in e-governance 4th edition Executive Master in Postal Management 1st edition

17 Location: Right next to the EPFL Campus EPFL - CDM MIR Château de Bassenges, Station 5 CH Lausanne Tel: Fax: and mir@epfl.ch