The reconversion in the telecommunication equipment industry between the late 1980s and the beginning of the 21st century. The case of Alcatel-SESA

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  • Ángel Calvo

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2020.01.005

Keywords:

Alcatel, Standar Eléctrica, Telecommunication equipment industry, reconversion, oligopolies, industrial crisis

Abstract

The technological developments brought about by microelectronics, computer science and fiber optics paved
the way for the powerful global wave of deregulation of telecommunications in the last decade of the 20th
century. In turn, they activated profound transformations in the telecommunications equipment industry. The
traditional link between operators and equipment producers broke down and the vertical integration between
the service and the industry was fragmented. As a consequence, even when the market of the sector remained
oligopolistic, restructuring was required. This article examines the reconversion in the aforementioned industry
in Spain between the end of the 1980s and the beginning of the 21st century. It analyzes the complex interaction
between multiple actors in the shaping of the new global industry within the increasing integration
of Spain to the world economy, the international division of labor and the intensification of international
competition.

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Calvo, Ángel. (2020). The reconversion in the telecommunication equipment industry between the late 1980s and the beginning of the 21st century. The case of Alcatel-SESA. Investigaciones De Historia Económica, 16(2), 81–94. https://doi.org/10.33231/j.ihe.2020.01.005

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