The global course of the information revolution : recurring themes and regional variations /

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Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function around the globe, bringing many changes in a process commonly termed the "information revolution." Document portrays the state of the information revolution today--i...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Otros Autores: Hundley, Richard O.
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Publicado: Santa Monica, CA : National Defense Research Institute, Rand, 2003.
Colección:MR (Series) ; MR-1680-NIC.
Temas:
Information superhighway.
Information technology.
Digital communications.
Information society.
Electronic data processing.
Autoroutes électroniques.
Technologie de l'information.
Transmission numérique.
Société de l'information.
information technology.
COMPUTERS > Web > General.
COMPUTERS > Networking > Intranets & Extranets.
POLITICAL SCIENCE > International Relations > General.
Electronic data processing
Digital communications
Information society
Information superhighway
Information technology
Acceso en línea:Texto completo
Tabla de Contenidos:
  • Preface
  • Figures
  • Tables
  • Summary
  • Acknowledgments
  • Abbreviations
  • Introduction
  • Part I, Recurring themes
  • New technology developments will continually drive the information revolution
  • The information revolution is enabling new business models that are transforming the business and financial worlds
  • The information revolution is affecting mechanisms of governance and empowering new political actors
  • The information revolution both shapes and is shaped by social and cultural values in significant ways
  • Many factors shape and characterize a nation's approach to the information revolution
  • Part II, Regional variations
  • North America will continue in the vanguard of the information revolution
  • The information revolution is following a somewhat different and more deliberate course in Europe
  • Many Asia-Pacific nations are poised to do well in the information revolution, some are not
  • Latin America faces many obstacles in responding to the information revolution: some nations will rise to the challenge, others will not
  • Few Middle Eastern and North African nations will fully experience the information revolution, some may miss it altogether
  • Most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa will fall further behind in the information revolution
  • Part III, Some additional topics (A brief look)
  • Geopolitical trends furthered by the information revolution could pose continuing challenges to the United States
  • What future events could change these projections?
  • The information revolution is part of a broader technology revolution with even profounder consequences
  • Appendix: Participants in the Rand/NIC information revolution conferences
  • References.

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