Transforming global information and communication markets
Subtitle: the political economy of innovation
By: Peter F. Cowhey, Jonathan D. Aronson, and John E. Richards.
Contributors: Aronson, Jonathan David.; Richards, John E.
Series: Information revolution and global politics
Publisher: MIT Press
Published: 2009
Place of publication: Cambridge, MA
Language: eng
Number of pages: 341
ISBN-13: 9780262012850
Subjects: Technological innovations -- Economic aspects; Information technology -- Technological innovations; Information technology -- Economic aspects; Telecommunication -- Technological innovations
Description: "Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping competition) also transformed the information market. Today, the diffusion of internet, wireless, and broadband technology, growing modularity in the design of technologies, distributed computing infrastructures, and rapidly changing business models signal another shift. This pathbreaking examination of ICT from a political economy perspective argues that continued rapid innovation and economic growth required new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable competition to flourish." "The authors (two of whom were architects of international ICT policy reforms in the 1990s) discuss this crucial turning point in both theoretical and practical terms, analyzing changes in ICT markets, examining three case studies, and considering principles and norms for future global policies. Readers wishing to explore certain topics in greater depth will find an electronic version of the text, additional materials, and virtual appendixes online."--Jacket.
Notes: Includes index.