附註:Includes bibliographical references and index.
Beyond the IT revolution : the Japanese broadband strategy / Masatsugu Tsuji -- Internet upstream connectivity and competition policy : Western Europe and Southern Africa / Emanuele Giovannetti -- IT policies and issues : US and the Americas / Andrew B. Whinston -- Software in India : development implications of globalization and the international division of labour / Paul Kattuman and Arnab Bhattacharjee -- Jumping up to the Internet-based society : lessons from South Korea / Yasushi Ueki -- Information technology : some implications for Thailand / Chanin Mephokee -- Information policy and information technology in Central and Eastern Europe with emphasis on Estonia / Tanga McDaniel -- Internet and telecommunications outlook in Latin America / Andrew B. Whinston and Soon-Yong Choi -- Policies for Internet access : cases of Mexico and Argentina / Soon-Yong Choi -- Tipping, standardization and convergence : catch-up and failure in Japan's standards strategy / Mitsuhiro Kagami -- Is the Japanese press a dinosaur in the 21st century? The IT revolution and newspapers in Japan / Kojiro Shiraishi -- PKI solutions for trusted e-commerce : survey of the de facto standard competiton in PKI industries / Atsuho Maeda -- The interconnection and pricing of the Internet / Takanori Ida and Masashi Ueda.
摘要: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 developing countries. They highlight the negative aspects of IT policy such as the digital divide and monopoly of ownership, but also illustrate the potential benefits such as ÔleapfroggingÕ the industrialization process and the expansion of broadband capabilities.
