Mobilizing the Information Society: Strategies for Growth and OpportunityOxford University Press, 2000 - 516 pages Mobliizing the Information Society comprehensively and critically examines the interaction between social, regulatory and market developments underlying the growing use of new technologies such as the personal computer and the Internet. Based upon empircal research by an international team, it offers insights needed to understand public policy, corporate strategy and individual choices taken in response to the deluge of new technological opportunities. Mobilizing the Information Society offers unique insights into the social, economic and political forces that are structuring the pathway to the information society, and their consequences for businesses and citizens in their everyday lives. |
Contents
Prologue | 1 |
1 Competing Interests and Strategies in the Information Society | 8 |
Access and Users Capabilities | 37 |
3 Transforming the Infrastructure Supporting the Information Society | 98 |
4 Chaos in Service Innovations and Applications | 150 |
5 Controlling Electronic Commerce Transactions | 197 |
6 Liberalization and the Process and Implications of Standardization | 240 |
7 Electronic Intellectual Property and Creative Knowledge Production | 289 |
8 Building Trust for Virtual Communities | 338 |
9 Locating the Consequences of Information Society Developments | 396 |
10 Recapitulating the Themes and Facing the Future | 452 |
Referencess | 464 |
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