Keeping the U.S. Computer and Communications Industry Competitive
Keeping the U.S. Computer and Communications Industry Competitive

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1995-05-11

Total Pages: 117

ISBN-13: 0309176727

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Interactive multimedia and information infrastructure receive a lot of attention in the press, but what do they really mean for society? What are the most significant and enduring innovations? What does the convergence of digitally based technologies mean for U.S. businesses and consumers? This book presents an overview of the exciting but much-hyped phenomenon of digital convergence.

Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive
Keeping the U.S. Computer Industry Competitive

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1992-02-01

Total Pages: 107

ISBN-13: 0309045444

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Systems integrationâ€"the enterprise-wide integration of computer applicationsâ€"offers an enormous opportunity for U.S. firms to capitalize on their strengths in such areas as complex software, networking, and management. In this book, industry leaders, university researchers, and government policymakers discuss what systems integration is, its importance and prospects for growth, why it is expected to define the characteristics of computerization for decades to come, and why the United States is perceived to have a strong competitive advantage.

Defining a Decade
Defining a Decade

Author: National Research Council

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1997-10-09

Total Pages: 122

ISBN-13: 9780309059336

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Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications
Perspectives on the New Economics and Regulation of Telecommunications

Author: Institute for Research on Public Policy

Publisher: IRPP

Published: 1996

Total Pages: 452

ISBN-13: 9780886451745

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This volume is a compilation of papers reflecting many of the issues related to telecommunications that are being debated today and are likely to continue to be addressed in the next few years. The papers examine the ways in which economic and technological forces are changing the regulation of telecommunications and the characteristics of the industry itself. After an introduction on issues such as the information highway, industry consolidation, market integration, and constraints on new policies, the papers cover such topics as the changes in Canadian telecommunications and their economics, the role of telecommunications in productivity and competition, the business network concept as an alternative governance structure, competition policy, convergence of technologies, separation of infrastructure from services, European telecommunications policy, and the historical context in which Canada has handled earlier transformations of a technological nature.

Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology
Fostering Research on the Economic and Social Impacts of Information Technology

Author: Steering Committee on Research Opportunities Relating to Economic and Social Impacts of Computing and Communications

Publisher: National Academies Press

Published: 1998-09-29

Total Pages: 227

ISBN-13: 0309521750

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The tremendous growth in use of information technology (IT) has led to an increased interest in understanding its social and economic impacts. This book presents examples of crosscutting research that has been conducted to understand the impact of information technology on personal, community, and business activities. It explores ways in which the use of methodology from economics and social sciences contributes to important advances in understanding these impacts. The book discusses significant research issues and concerns and suggests approaches for fostering increased interdisciplinary research on the impacts of information technology and making the results of this research more accessible to the public and policymakers. This volume is expected to influence funding priorities and levels of support for interdisciplinary research of this kind.

Non-Cooperation — The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances
Non-Cooperation — The Dark Side of Strategic Alliances

Author: W. Suen

Publisher: Springer

Published: 2005-06-10

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 0230596576

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What influences your partners' attitudes toward your alliance? What factors allow them to act on non-cooperative impulses? How can you structure your alliance to reduce opportunities for non-cooperation? This book explores the influences on a firm's attitudes toward its alliance, and highlights the connections between these factors. The book defines a framework to measure power and interdependence to determine which firms are able to act on non-cooperative impulses, and case studies illustrate how alliances may be structured to reduce opportunities for non-cooperation.

Regulating the Global Information Society
Regulating the Global Information Society

Author: Christopher Marsden

Publisher: Routledge

Published: 2005-07-27

Total Pages: 388

ISBN-13: 1134547994

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An outstanding line-up of contributors explore the regulation of the internet from an interdisciplinary perspective. In-depth coverage of this controversial area such as international political economy, law, politics, economics, sociology and internet regulation. Regulating the Global Information Society covers the differences between both US and UK approaches to regulation and establishes where policy is being made that will influence the future direction of the global information society, from commercial, democratic and middle-ground perspectives.