Bronwyn E. Howell

Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management

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Wellington 6001

New Zealand

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1.

A Tale of Two Contact-Tracing Apps – Comparing Australia’s COVIDSafe and New Zealand’s NZ COVID Tracer

Digital Policy, Regulation and Governance, Forthcoming
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 15 Jun 2020 Last Revised: 11 Aug 2021
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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COVID-19, contact tracing, health informatics, NZ COVID Tracer, COVIDSafe

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Comments on Communications Act Modernization

Number of pages: 7 Posted: 04 Feb 2014
Richard Bennett, Jeffrey A. Eisenach, James K. Glassman, Bronwyn E. Howell, Justin (Gus) Hurwitz, Roslyn Layton and Bret Swanson
High Tech Forum, NERA Economic Consulting, George W. Bush Institute, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, University of Pennsylvania Law School, Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies and Entropy Economics LLC
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FCC, FTC, #CommActUpdate, Communications Act, consolidation, silo, communications regulations, Internet

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Governance of Smart Contracts in Blockchain Institutions

Number of pages: 11 Posted: 22 Jul 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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blockchain, distributed ledger, smart contracts, polycentric governance, club governance, distributed consensus

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Evaluating the Consequences of Zero-Rating: Guidance for Regulators and Adjudicators

TPRC 44: The 44th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2016
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2016 Last Revised: 18 Aug 2016
Bronwyn E. Howell and Roslyn Layton
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Aalborg University, Department of Electronic Systems, Center for Communication, Media and Information Technologies
Downloads 342 (152,441)
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Telecommunications, Regulation, Antitrust, Net Neutrality, Zero-rating

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Governance of Blockchain and Distributed Ledger Technology Projects

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 03 May 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell, Petrus H. Potgieter and Bert M. Sadowski
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, University of South Africa (UNISA) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)
Downloads 333 (157,373)
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blockchain, distributed ledger, governance, club governance, distributed consensus

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Unveiling 'Invisible Hands': Two-Sided Platforms in Health Care Markets

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 12 Jul 2006
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 329 (158,942)
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Health, Two-Sided Markets, Regulation, Antitrust

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The Brand is the Bundle: Strategies for the Mobile Ecosystem

Communications & Strategies, No. 75, p. 79, 2009
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Aug 2010
Dave Heatley and Bronwyn E. Howell
New Zealand Productivity Commission and Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
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Business Ecosystem, Platform, Monopolistic Competition, Product Bundling, Heterogeneous Demand, Business Strategies, Mobile Telephony, Mobile Applications, Branding, Price Discrimination

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From Competition to Regulation: New Zealand Telecommunications Sector Performance 1987-2007

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Aug 2008
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
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Competition, Regulation, Telecommunications, New Zealand, OECD, Performance, Efficiency

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Central Bank Issued Digital Currencies

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 19 Feb 2021
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 227 (231,488)
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Digital payments, central banks, distributed ledgers

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Catching Up in Broadband Regressions: Does Local Loop Unbundling Really Lead to Material Increases in OECD Broadband Uptake?

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 30 Jul 2008
Glenn Boyle, Bronwyn E. Howell and Wei Zhang
University of Canterbury - Economics and Finance, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 224 (234,338)
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broadband, local loop unbundling, OECD

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Regulating Cryptocurrencies: Mapping Economic Objectives and Technological Feasibilities

TPRC49: The 49th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 22 Sep 2021
Petrus H. Potgieter and Bronwyn E. Howell
University of South Africa (UNISA) and Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 185 (278,993)
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Cryptocurrency, regulation

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Broadband Diffusion: Testing for Vintage Capital, Learning by Doing, Information Barriers and Network Effects

New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation Working Paper No. BH02/10
Number of pages: 43 Posted: 11 Aug 2003
Bronwyn E. Howell and Mark P. Obren
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
Downloads 155 (324,881)
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Diffusion, Broadband, Technology, Utilisation

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Will They Fly?: Different Forms of Public-Private Partnerships (PPPs) in New Zealand’s UFB Initiative

2012 TRPC
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 02 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 14 Oct 2012
Bert M. Sadowski and Bronwyn E. Howell
Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE) and Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 144 (344,912)
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Public Private Partnerships, Risk Allocation, UFB Initiative, New Zealand

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Legal Protection for the Database: Is There A Better Way?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 13 Dec 2011
Susan Corbett, Bronwyn E. Howell and Mina Moayyed
Victoria University of Wellington, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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copyright, database, intellectual property, information economy

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Telecommunications Market Evolution in Finland and New Zealand: Unbundling the Differences

Number of pages: 44 Posted: 17 Aug 2008
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 141 (350,725)
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Telecommunications, Finland, New Zealand, Market Structure

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Can Continuous Disclosure Improve the Performance of State-Owned Enterprises?

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 02 Jun 2011
Bronwyn E. Howell, Dave Heatley and Talosaga Talosaga
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, New Zealand Productivity Commission and New Zealand Institute for Study of Competition and Regulation Inc. (ISCR)
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Governance, Disclosure, Performance, State-Owned Enterprises

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The End or the Means? The Pursuit of Competition in Regulated Telecommunications Markets

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 17 Aug 2008
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
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Competition, Regulation, New Zealand

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Competition and Regulation Policy in Antipodean Government-Funded Ultrafast Fibre Broadband Markets

2012 TRPC
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 03 Apr 2012 Last Revised: 19 Jul 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 125 (384,600)
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Competition Policy, Regulatory Policy, Fibre Networks, Australia, New Zealand, TPRC

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Never a Sporting Chance: Vertical Integration and Broadband and Content Bundling in the Sky-Vodafone Merger

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 112 (419,660)
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Merger, Content Distribution Networks, Broadband, New Zealand, Bundling

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Bundles of Trouble: Can Competition Law Adapt to Digital Pricing Innovation?

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 21 Nov 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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Antitrust, Regulation, Merger, Simulation, Telecommunications, Content

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Telecommunications Regulation, Regulatory Behavior and its Impact - A Systems View

Communications & Strategies, No. 70, p. 145, 2nd Quarter 2008
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 11 Mar 2009
John Davies, Bronwyn E. Howell and Victoria Mabin
Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - Victoria Management School, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Victoria University of Wellington - Te Herenga Waka - Victoria Management School
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Telecommunications, Regulation, Unbundling, Multi-methodology, Systems Thinking, Theory of Constraints, Causal Loop Diagrams, Systems Archetypes.

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Productivity Questions for Public Sector Fast Fibre Network Financiers

Communications and Strategies, No. 78, No. 2, pp. 127-145, 2010
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 19 Apr 2011 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Bronwyn E. Howell and Arthur Grimes
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Motu Economic and Public Policy Research Trust
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Internet, broadband, productivity, public investment

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Solving the 'Broadband Problem': A Challenge for Regulators or Producers?

New Zealand Institute for the Study of Competition & Regulation Working Paper No. BH03/03
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 14 Aug 2003
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
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Internet, Broadband, application, regulation, information, production

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Never a Sporting Chance: Broadband and Content Bundling in the Merger of Two Dominant Firms

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 11 May 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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broadband, bundling, content, merger, New Zealand, telecommunications

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Structural Separation and the Role of Public-Private Partnerships in New Zealand's UFB Initiative

Communications & Strategies, No. 91, 3rd Quarter 2013, pp. 57-80
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 12 Jun 2014
Bert M. Sadowski, Bronwyn E. Howell and Alberto Nucciarelli
Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE), Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)
Downloads 103 (442,746)

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Public Private Partnerships, Ultrafast Broadband (UFB), New Zealand

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Competition and Vertical/Agglomeration Effects in Media Mergers: Bagging Bundle Benefits

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 26 Jun 2017 Last Revised: 27 Jun 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 101 (448,955)
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broadband, bundling, content, merger, New Zealand, telecommunications

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Open-Source or Open-Slather? Governing Blockchain Applications as Common-Pool Resources

TPRC47: The 47th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2019
Number of pages: 44 Posted: 29 Jul 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell, Petrus H. Potgieter and Bert M. Sadowski
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, University of South Africa (UNISA) and Eindhoven University of Technology (TUE)
Downloads 98 (458,039)
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blockchain, distributed ledger, polycentric governance, club governance, distributed consensus

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Regulatory Implications of Structural Separation

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 05 Jun 2011
Bronwyn E. Howell and Dave Heatley
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and New Zealand Productivity Commission
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Telecommunications, Regulation, Structural Separation, Access Regulation, Ladder of Investment

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Separation Anxieties: Structural Separation and Technological Diffusion in Nascent Fibre Networks

2014 TPRC Conference Paper
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 01 Apr 2014 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2014
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
Downloads 93 (473,991)
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Telecommunications Regulation, Structural Separation, FTTH, Technological Diffusion

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Paying for the Hospital Waiting List Cull at the Gp's Surgery: The Changing Locus of Financial Risk-Bearing in New Zealand's Primary Health Care Sector

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 12 Jul 2006
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management
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Health, Insurance, Policy, New Zealand, Primary Care, Managed Care

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Using Spectrum Allocations to Address Indigenous Policy Obligations: The Case of New Zealand

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 01 Aug 2022
Bronwyn E. Howell and Xin Tang
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Victoria University of Wellington - School of Business and Government
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Spectrum, New Zealand, Indigenous Rights, Telecommunications

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The Profitability of Flat-Price Broadband with An Over-The-Top Subscription Content Product – Benefits from Cooperation

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 03 Aug 2022
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 65 (582,856)

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OTT content, bundling, paid peering, vertical integration

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Harnessing Artificial Intelligence (AI) to Increase Wellbeing for All: the Case for a New Technology Diplomacy

Telecommunications Policy 44 (2020), Quello Center Working Paper
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 08 Dec 2020
Claudio Feijoo, Youngsun Kwon, Johannes M. Bauer, Erik Bohlin, Bronwyn E. Howell, Rekha Jain, Petrus H. Potgieter, Vu Minh Khuong, Jason Whalley and Jun Xia
Universidad Politécnica de Madrid, Korea Advanced Institute of Science and Technology(KAIST), Michigan State University-Quello Center and Department of Media and Information, Chalmers University of Technology, Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, Indian Institute of Management (IIM), Ahmedabad, University of South Africa (UNISA), National University of Singapore (NUS) - Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Beijing University of Posts and Telecommunications (BUPT) - School of Economics and Management
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artificial intelligence, human well-being, decentralisation, protectionism, techno-nationalism, fragmentation, technology diplomacy, international collaborative governance

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The Tyranny of Distance Prevails: HTTP Protocol Latency and Returns to Fast Fibre Internet Access Network Deployment in Remote Economies

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 02 Jun 2011
Bronwyn E. Howell and Mark P. Obren
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and affiliation not provided to SSRN
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Internet, Broadband, Fibre-Optic Cable, Regional Economic Development, HTTP Protocol

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Content and Access Provision in a Discrete Competition Model

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 16 Mar 2018 Last Revised: 15 Aug 2018
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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Information goods, Broadband, Bundling, Simulation

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Content and Access Bundling: Simulating Complex Scenarios

TPRC47: The 47th Research Conference on Communication, Information and Internet Policy 2019
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 29 Jul 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
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product bundling; content; simulation; digital goods

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Regulating for Telecommunications Competition in Developing Countries: The Case of Papua New Guinea

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 29 Apr 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell, Petrus H. Potgieter and Ronald Sofe
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, University of South Africa (UNISA) and Papua New Guinea National Research Institute - Economic Policy Research Program
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telecommunications, regulation, Papua New Guinea, Telikom, Asia-Pacific

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From Providers to PHOs: An Institutional Analysis of Nonprofit Primary Health Care Governance in New Zealand

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 02 Jun 2011
Bronwyn E. Howell and Carolyn J. Cordery
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and Victoria University of Wellington - School of Accounting and Commercial Law
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primary health care governance, nonprofit ownership, supplier cooperatives

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Policy Alternatives for Better and Wiser Use of the NGN: Competition, Functional Separation, or What?

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 23 Aug 2017
Bronwyn E. Howell, Masatsugu Tsuji and Sobee Shinohara
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management, Kobe International University and KDDI Research, Inc.
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NGN, unbundling, connection charges, openness, bandwidth, migration

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Bundling Information Goods and Access – Simulating Competition

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 29 Apr 2019
Bronwyn E. Howell and Petrus H. Potgieter
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management and University of South Africa (UNISA)
Downloads 27 (821,150)

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bundling, digital goods, industrial organisation

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Politics and the Pursuit of Telecommunications Sector Efficiency in New Zealand

Journal of Competition Law and Economics, Vol. 6, Issue 2, pp. 253-276, 2010
Posted: 14 Jun 2010
Bronwyn E. Howell
Victoria University of Wellington - School of Management

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K21, K23, L43, L51