Information Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries

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Mitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji, Emanuele Giovannetti
Edward Elgar Publishing, 01‏/01‏/2004 - 323 من الصفحات
The authors address a number of challenging issues such as standardization, IT in the mass media, Public Key Infrastructure, upstream connectivity and pricing, and draw out important policy implications for late-comers in this field - predominantly develo
 

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INTRODUCTION
1
COUNTRYAREA STUDIES
13
BEYOND THE IT REVOLUTION THE JAPANESE BROADBAND STRATEGY
15
2 LESSONS LEARNED FROM THE NET BUBBLE
16
3 BROADBAND NETWORK INFRASTRUCTURE
18
CASE STUDIES
26
5 CONCLUSION
32
INTERNET UPSTREAM CONNECTIVITY AND COMPETITION POLICY WESTERN EUROPE AND SOUTHERN AFRICA
35
5 CONCLUSIONS
180
ANNEX
184
INTERNET AND TELECOMMUNICATIONS OUTLOOK IN LATIN AMERICA
185
3 ECOMMERCE IN LATIN AMERICA
192
4 TELECOMMUNICATIONS DEREGULATION AND POLICY ISSUES
194
5 EXPANDING INTERNET ACCESS IN LATIN AMERICA
198
6 OUTLOOK FOR FUTURE INTERNET GROWTH
203
POLICIES FOR INTERNET ACCESS CASES OF MEXICO AND ARGENTINA
206

2 THE SUPPLY SIDE
37
3 INTERNET PRICING
38
4 THE EUROPEAN INTERNET BACKBONES
39
5 THE PRICE OF INTERNET CONNECTIVITY
41
6 ANTITRUST ANALYSIS FOR THE BACKBONE MARKET
48
7 EXPLORING THE BACKBONE THROUGH CYBERGEOGRAPHY
51
8 SOUTH AFRICA
53
APPENDIX
60
IT POLICIES AND ISSUES US AND THE AMERICAS
62
A SNAPSHOT
64
3 TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS AND INTERNET USAGE
70
4 COMPETITION IN LOCAL LOOP AND BROADBAND SERVICE
74
5 COSTS OF ACCESS
79
6 THE DIGITAL DIVIDE IN THE US
81
TELECOMMUNICATIONS CONNECTION
87
8 CONCLUSIONS
89
SOFTWARE IN INDIA DEVELOPMENT IMPLICATIONS OF GLOBALIZATION AND THE INTERNATIONAL DIVISION OF LABOUR
92
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION AND FIRM LEVEL RESPONSES
94
3 THE INDIAN SOFTWARE INDUSTRY
96
4 CONCLUSIONS
110
JUMPING UP TO THE INTERNETBASED SOCIETY LESSONS FROM SOUTH KOREA
114
2 RAPID DIFFUSION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
115
3 ACCELERATORS OF RAPID PENETRATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES
118
4 CONTRASTIVE EFFECTS OF ACCELERATORS ON ECOMMERCE
123
5 SOCIAL ISSUES CAUSED BY DIFFUSION OF THE INTERNET
129
6 CONCLUDING REMARKS
132
INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY SOME IMPLICATIONS FOR THAILAND
135
2 CURRENT IT STATUS
137
3 IMPACT ON FIRMS AND EMPLOYMENT IN THAILAND
150
4 SOME POLICY ISSUES
153
5 CONCLUSIONS
158
INFORMATION POLICY AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY IN CENTRAL AND EASTERN EUROPE WITH EMPHASIS ON ESTONIA
160
2 CEE IN CONTEXT
161
TRANSACTIONS SERVICES AND RURAL INITIATIVES
169
IT ADOPTION EXPANSION AND POLICY IN ESTONIA
172
2 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN MEXICO
207
3 MEXICAN TELECOMMUNICATIONS REFORMS
212
4 INTERNET AND ECOMMERCE IN MEXICO
215
5 TELECOMMUNICATIONS IN ARGENTINA
218
ARGENTINA
221
7 LESSONS LEARNED
224
CHALLENGING ISSUES
227
TIPPING STANDARDIZATION AND CONVERGENCE CATCHUP AND FAILURE IN JAPANS STANDARDS STRATEGY
229
2 TIPPING AND DE FACTO STANDARDS
230
3 DE JURE STANDARDS
232
4 JAPANESE DEFEATS IN THE STANDARDS WAR
234
5 TECHNOLOGY AND SATISFACTION
236
6 CONVERGENCE OF TECHNOLOGY
239
7 CONCLUDING REMARKS
243
IS THE JAPANESE PRESS A DINOSAUR IN THE 21ST CENTURY? THE IT REVOLUTION AND NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN
247
2 NEWSPAPERS IN JAPAN
248
3 NEWSPAPERS AND TELEVISION
251
4 OUTLOOK OF NEW BUSINESSES
252
5 CONCLUSIONS
257
PKI SOLUTIONS FOR TRUSTED ECOMMERCE SURVEY OF THE DE FACTO STANDARD COMPETITION IN PKI INDUSTRIES
260
2 ANALYSIS OF MAJOR PKI VENDORS
263
3 STRATEGY FOR ASIAN MARKET
270
4 FUTURE PROSPECTS
275
5 CLOSING REMARKS
280
THE INTERCONNECTION AND PRICING OF THE INTERNET
282
2 WHAT IS THE INTERNET?
283
3 PRICING THE INTERNET AND ITS PROBLEMS
285
4 INDUSTRIAL STRUCTURE OF THE INTERNET AND ITS INTERCONNECTION PROBLEM
287
5 THE MODEL ANALYSIS OF THE INTERNET
290
6 DEVELOPMENT OF THE ONEWAY AND TWOWAY MODEL
295
7 FURTHER DISCUSSION
299
CONCLUSION
303
INDEX
309
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العنوانInformation Technology Policy and the Digital Divide: Lessons for Developing Countries
المُحررونMitsuhiro Kagami, Masatsugu Tsuji, Emanuele Giovannetti
الناشرEdward Elgar Publishing, 2004
رقم ISBN (الرقم الدولي المعياري للكتاب)1843769786, 9781843769781
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