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Multi-Utilities : Trends - Blurring Industry Boundaries

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dc.contributor.authorSommer, Dirk
dc.contributor.editorSmith, Suzanne
dc.date.accessioned2012-08-13T14:58:06Z
dc.date.available2012-08-13T14:58:06Z
dc.date.issued2001-03
dc.description.abstractThe prospects of cost savings, increased market share, and other competitive advantages are prompting more, and more utilities to cross traditional industry lines, and offer services in several sectors. The note reviews the changes occurred during the last two decades, when deregulation, and private sector development raised the quality, and expansion of utility services, opportunities enhanced by technological developments, particularly in the field of information, and communications technology, all conducive to a multi-utility strategy. Horizontal integration of infrastructure services occurred both at the wholesale, and retail (distribution) levels: energy companies at the wholesale level are seeking to leverage trading skills between the gas, and electricity sectors; and, at the retail level, multi-utility strategies have taken the form of either leveraging the physical infrastructure as a conduit for a range of services, or are integrating separate utilities under the same corporate umbrella. Thus integration of physical networks, of service, and corporate, although not yet clearly defined, will strive to capture the potential advantages of offering two, or more utility service. However, even if integration makes sense, certainly unforeseen policy, and regulatory implications will need to respond and safeguard public interests, without stifling innovation.en
dc.identifierhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/16253073/multi-utilities-trends
dc.identifier.doi10.1596/11401
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/10986/11401
dc.languageEnglish
dc.publisherWorld Bank, Washington, DC
dc.relation.ispartofseriesViewpoint: Public Policy for the Private Sector; Note No. 227
dc.rightsCC BY 3.0 IGO
dc.rights.holderWorld Bank
dc.rights.urihttp://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo/
dc.subjectHORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectUTILITIES
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectSECTORAL TRADEOFFS
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectDEREGULATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectCORPORATE PLANNING
dc.subjectSECTORAL PLANNING HORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectUTILITIES
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectSECTORAL TRADEOFFS
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectUTILITY FUNCTIONS
dc.subjectSTATE-OWNED ENTERPRISES
dc.subjectSERVICE DELIVERY
dc.subjectDEREGULATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectDIVERSIFICATION
dc.subjectCORPORATE PLANNING
dc.subjectSECTORAL PLANNING
dc.subjectBACKBONE
dc.subjectBACKBONES
dc.subjectBANDWIDTH
dc.subjectBROADBAND
dc.subjectBROADCAST
dc.subjectBROADCAST NETWORKS
dc.subjectBUSINESS DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectBUSINESS MODELS
dc.subjectCABLE
dc.subjectCABLE TELEVISION
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATION NETWORKS
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIONS NETWORK
dc.subjectCOMMUNICATIONS TECHNOLOGY
dc.subjectCOMPETITIVE ADVANTAGES
dc.subjectCOST SAVINGS
dc.subjectCUSTOMER LOYALTY
dc.subjectCUSTOMER RELATIONS
dc.subjectCUSTOMER RELATIONSHIPS
dc.subjectDEREGULATION
dc.subjectDOMESTIC GAS
dc.subjectELECTRIC POWER
dc.subjectELECTRIC POWER GRID
dc.subjectELECTRIC UTILITIES
dc.subjectELECTRICAL POWER
dc.subjectELECTRICITY
dc.subjectELECTRICITY MARKETS
dc.subjectELECTRICITY SERVICES
dc.subjectENERGY COMPANIES
dc.subjectENERGY MARKETS
dc.subjectEQUIPMENT
dc.subjectFUEL
dc.subjectFUEL BILLS
dc.subjectFUEL HEATING
dc.subjectFUELS
dc.subjectGAS PIPELINES
dc.subjectGAS SERVICES
dc.subjectGAS SUPPLIES
dc.subjectGENERATION ASSETS
dc.subjectHORIZONTAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectINFORMATION SOCIETY
dc.subjectINFRASTRUCTURE SERVICES
dc.subjectINNOVATION
dc.subjectINNOVATIONS
dc.subjectINSTALLATION
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDER
dc.subjectINTERNET SERVICE PROVIDERS
dc.subjectLOCAL TELEPHONE
dc.subjectLOCAL TELEPHONE COMPANY
dc.subjectMARKET SHARE
dc.subjectMARKETING
dc.subjectMULTIMEDIA
dc.subjectNATURAL GAS
dc.subjectNETWORKS
dc.subjectOPERATING COSTS
dc.subjectPDF
dc.subjectPHYSICAL COMMUNICATION
dc.subjectPHYSICAL INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectPOWER COMPANY
dc.subjectPOWER GENERATION
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR DEVELOPMENT
dc.subjectPRIVATE SECTOR PARTICIPATION
dc.subjectPUBLIC INTERESTS
dc.subjectREGULATORS
dc.subjectREGULATORY IMPLICATIONS
dc.subjectRESULT
dc.subjectRETAIL MARKETS
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL ADVANCES
dc.subjectTECHNOLOGICAL DEVELOPMENTS
dc.subjectTELECOM
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS PROVIDERS
dc.subjectTELECOMMUNICATIONS SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEPHONE
dc.subjectTELEPHONE COMPANIES
dc.subjectTELEPHONE CONNECTIONS
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICE
dc.subjectTELEPHONE SERVICES
dc.subjectTELEPHONY
dc.subjectTRANSMISSION
dc.subjectTRANSPORT INFRASTRUCTURE
dc.subjectUPC
dc.subjectUTILITIES
dc.subjectUTILITY INDUSTRIES
dc.subjectUTILITY SERVICES
dc.subjectVERTICAL INTEGRATION
dc.subjectVIDEO
dc.subjectVOICE TELEPHONY
dc.subjectWATER SECTOR
dc.subjectWATER UTILITIES
dc.titleMulti-Utilities : Trends - Blurring Industry Boundariesen
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okr.date.disclosure2012-05-03
okr.date.doiregistration2025-04-29T10:36:38.882276Z
okr.doctypePublications & Research::Viewpoint
okr.doctypePublications & Research
okr.docurlhttp://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/2001/03/16253073/multi-utilities-trends
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTransport and ICT
okr.globalpracticeTrade and Competitiveness
okr.globalpracticeWater
okr.globalpracticeEnergy and Extractives
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okr.identifier.report22378
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okr.sectorPrivate Infrastructure
okr.topicPrivate Sector Development::E-Business
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Economics
okr.topicWater Supply and Sanitation::Town Water Supply and Sanitation
okr.topicInfrastructure Economics and Finance::Infrastructure Regulation
okr.topicEnergy::Energy Production and Transportation
okr.unitPrivate Participation in Infrstr (INFPI)
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