The Internet Revolution: A Global Perspective

by Edited by Emanuele Giovannetti , Mitsuhiro Kagami , Masatsugu Tsuji

• ISBN13: 9780521043663
• ISBN10: 0521043662
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2007-10-15
• Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Summary

Information technology (IT) has become a constant presence in contemporary life, infiltrating community, business and state affairs. This book discusses applications and consequences of IT in developing and advanced countries, focusing on the ways in which IT has changed society via the so-called Internet revolution. It examines the characteristics of network economies; Internet access; changes in supply chains; productivity increases; and the digital divide. It ranges through the U.K., European Union, Central and Eastern Europe, U.S., Japan, India, South Africa, Singapore, Malaysia, Thailand and China.

Table of Contents

List of figures

List of tables

List of contributors

Preface

Introduction

Transformation of the Japanese system towards a network economy

The IT revolution and its meaning for society

The IT revolution and telecommunications infrastructure

International division of labour in East Asia's IT industry

Electronic industry in Asia: the changing supply chain and its effects

IT diffusion in Southeast Asia: the cases of Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand

The IT revolution, the internet and telecommunications: the transition towards a competitive industry in the European Union

Globalising information? The IT revolution in Central and Eastern Europe

Human capital in the move up the value chain: the case of Indian software and services industry

Internet access and regulatory reform: the experience of South Africa

The IT revolution in the USA: the current situation and problems Soon

The effects of the IT revolution on firms and the global economy Soon

Internet-based globalisation and international division of labour Soon

Conclusion

Index

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