Contextual Analysis of the Decision To Adopt a Regional Satellite System [electronic resource] : The Case of the Andean CONDOR / Leonardo Ferreira and Bella Mody.
Acknowledging the importance of communications in economic development, this paper discusses the rationale behind the decision of the Andean Pact nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela to develop a regional satellite communication system to be known as CONDOR. The application of...
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| Summary: | Acknowledging the importance of communications in economic development, this paper discusses the rationale behind the decision of the Andean Pact nations of Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Venezuela to develop a regional satellite communication system to be known as CONDOR. The application of contextual theorizing to the decision-making process is illustrated through a reconstruction of the environment in which the decisions took place, and factors that influenced the process are identified. It is noted that the sources of data used included primary documents from the Andean Pact countries, minutes of board meetings on the project, minutes of Andean Pact ministers of communication meetings, interviews with senior government officials of the Colombian ministry of communications, and feasibility studies commissioned by the Pact nations. Discussions of the major factors that influenced the decision-making process consider the geographical situation of the five countries, national sovereignty, and geopolitics, i.e., the desire to be independent of extraregional communications organizations. (11 references) (EW) |
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| Item Description: | ERIC Document Number: ED305043. ERIC Note: Paper presented at the Telecommunications Policy Research Conference (16th, Airlie House, Warrenton, VA, October 30-November 1, 1988). For other papers of this conference, see IR 013 715-735. |
| Physical Description: | 18 p. |