The digital flood : the diffusion of information technology across the U.S., Europe, and Asia /
Cortada, James W.
Oxford : Oxford University Press,
c2012.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How much computing is the in the world? -- Diffusion of computing starts in the United States -- West European deployment begins: Great Britain, France, and West Germany -- Diffusion of computing in Italy, Netherlands, and Sweden -- How Western Europe embraced information technologies -- Limits of diffusion: computing in the Soviet Union, German Democratic Republic and Eastern Europe -- Computing comes to Japan -- IT tigers of Asia: South Korea, Taiwan, and Singapore -- China: embracing IT in changing times -- India and the limits of digital diffusion -- How Asia embraced information technologies -- Diffusion of information technologies: results and implications.
Electronic digital computers
Electronic digital computers
Technology transfer.