The Internationalization of Electronic Purse Networks: National Responsiveness vs. Benefits of Integration

Abstract

This is a companion paper to Van Hove (2007). The latter paper builds on 16 firm-level case studies to examine the drivers behind the internationalization efforts of e-purse developers. Specifically, the paper tries to find out whether the approach proposed by Sarkar et al. (1999) for the telecom sector can be transposed to another network industry. Van Hove (2007) obviously only uses fragments of the underlying case studies. This paper offers all 16 case studies in full. Van Hove (2007) also uses a novel multi-dimensional framework to position e-purse operators at two points in time, and in this way detect patterns of strategic change. This paper explains the positions of the players in these figures in more detail, and also applies the framework a third time (for the period after the sale of Proton World International).