Research Catalog

Title

• The global course of the information revolution : recurring themes and regional variations / Richard O. Hundley ... [et al.].

Publication

Santa Monica, Calif. : Rand, 2003.

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Additional Authors

• Hundley, Richard O.
• National Defense Research Institute (U.S.)
• Rand Corporation

Description

xliv, 174 p.; 23 cm.

Summary

Advances in information technology are heavily influencing ways in which business, society, and government work and function throughout the globe, bringing many changes to everyday life, in a process commonly termed the "information revolution." This book paints a picture of the state of the information revolution today--in its technological, business and financial, governmental, and social and cultural dimensions--and how it will likely progress in the near- to mid-term future (10 to 15 years). It focuses separately on different regions of the world--North America, Europe, the Asia-Pacific region, Latin America, the Middle East and North Africa, and sub-Saharan Africa. In addition to these regional variations and projections, the authors look in depth at recurring themes in information technology's impact around the world, including, for example, its influence on business models and its relationship with social and cultural value systems. The research presented by the authors is the result of a multiyear, multidisciplinary effort of RAND and the National Intelligence Council.

Subject

• Digital communications
• Information society
• Information superhighway
• Information technology

Note

• "MR-1680."
• "Prepared for the National Intelligence Council."

Bibliography (note)

• Includes bibliographical references.

Processing Action (note)

• committed to retain

Contents

Globalization and the Information Revolution Are Closely Linked -- Recurring Themes -- New Technology Developments Will Continually Drive the Information Revolution -- It Is Useful to Distinguish Among Developments in Technology, Products, and Services -- Some Technology Developments Can Be Foreseen -- Product Developments Will Allow Information Devices to Be Ubiquitous, Wearable, and in Continuous Contact -- Services Developments Will Greatly Extend Access to, and the Usefulness of, Information Systems -- Markets Will Decide What Possible Products and Services Become Actual and Widespread -- Some Tensions Arising from These Developments Will Affect the Growth and Spread of IT-Related Products and Services -- A Period of Information Technology Consolidation Is Both Likely and Healthy -- The Information Revolution is Enabling New Business Models That are Transforming the Business and Financial Worlds -- Many New Business Models Are Arising -- The Information Revolution is Affecting Mechanisms of Governance and Empowering New Political Actors -- Some Traditional Mechanisms of Governance Are Becoming Problematic -- New Governmental Mechanisms Are Being Enabled -- New Political Actors Are Being Empowered -- The Information Revolution Could Over Time Change the Role of the Nation-State: The Jury Is Still Out -- Different Nations Will Take Different Approaches to Dealing with These Changes -- The Events of 9/11 May Lead to Increased Governmental Intervention into IT Developments.

ISBN

0833034243 (pbk.)

LCCN

^^2003008812

OCLC

52109250

Owning Institutions

Harvard Library