Transforming global information and communication markets : the political economy of innovation / Peter F. Cowhey and Jonathan D. Aronson ; with Donald Abelson.
2009
338.47 C874
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338.47 C874
Title
Transforming global information and communication markets : the political economy of innovation / Peter F. Cowhey and Jonathan D. Aronson ; with Donald Abelson.
Language
English
Author
Cowhey, Peter F.,
Added Author
Aronson, Jonathan David.
Abelson, Donald.
Abelson, Donald.
Imprint
Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2009.
Description
341 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Summary
[Publisher description] Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping competition) also transformed the information market. Today, the diffusion of Internet, wireless, and broadband technology, growing modularity in the design of technologies, distributed computing infrastructures, and rapidly changing business models signal another shift. This path breaking examination of ICT from a political economy perspective argues that continued rapid innovation and economic growth require new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable competition to flourish. The authors (two of whom were architects of international ICT policy reforms in the 1990s) discuss this crucial turning point in both theoretical and practical terms.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references (p. [269]-336) and index.
ISBN
9780262012850
9780262517287
9780262517287
Location
Library Reading Room 338.47 C874
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