International Journal of Business and Economics Volume 21, No. 2 September, 2022

Evolution of Competition in Telecom Oligopoly – A Systematic Analysis in Post-Privatization Era

Barsha Saha

Indian Institute Of Management Shillong, India; Coursera

Keya Sengupta

Indian Institute Of Management Shillong, India

Rohit Joshi

Indian Institute Of Management Shillong, India

Sharad Nath Bhattacharya

Indian Institute Of Management Shillong, India

Abstract

The purpose of this paper is to examine the thematic landscape of the transition from monopoly to oligopoly in the Telecommunications industry in the post-privatization era literature. The study utilizes a systematic literature review method extended with bibliometric and network analysis. The paper also presents a thorough content analysis of the 56 selected articles (spanning from 1990 – 2020) on oligopolistic competition in the Telecommunications industry. The study extracts nine major themes from the corpus, with market competition as the most prominent feature. It summarizes the insights with a schematic framework presenting the inter-relations of the significant features of the market competition. It also lists the gaps and future scopes for further research in the area.

Keywords：Competition, Oligopoly, Telecommunications, Market Structure, SLR.

JEL Classifications：L96, L13, D43.

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