Digital Economy and Social Design
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: August 10, 2005
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 240
ISBN-13: 9784431254676
Subjects: Computing and Information Technology; Mathematics and Science; Production engineering; Social aspects; General; Technology; Sociology; Science/Mathematics; Engineering - Industrial; Social Science / General; Economic aspects; Electronic commerce; Information Technology
First sentence: Looking into the twenty-first century, the global environment represents the most crucial issues we will have to face.
Description: The advent of the digital economy has the potential to dramatically change the conventional interrelationships among individuals, enterprises and society. There can be little doubt that to achieve vigorous socioeconomic developments in the 21st century, people will have to aggressively use information technology to boost innovation and to organically link the results of that innovation to solutions to global environmental issues and social challenges such as the opportunity divide. We are responsible for taking advantage of the opportunities opened up by the digital economy and for turning those opportunities into things that reflect our values and goals. The book examines the overall impact of the digital economy and the development of a practical institutional design.