The Economic Impact of Digital Technologies: Measuring Inclusion and Diffusion in Europe - Rilegato

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ISBN 10: 0857931881 ISBN 13: 9780857931887

Casa editrice: Edward Elgar Pub, 2011

Riassunto

The Economic Impact of Digital Technologies offers a profoundly illuminating examination of ICT transformations in Europe and its critical role in greater social inequality. It presents scholars and policy makers with original and practical tools to benchmark and assess the ICT diffusion and inclusion process. The core message of the book is that a coherent European strategy for embedding ICT technologies in society is long overdue.Social differences in ICT use persist and are in some cases widening, yet despite this fact there is a dearth of research on remedying digital inequalities. This is of particular importance given that relative levels of ICT use, investment and research can often explain variations in economic performance between industrialised countries. The purpose of this book is to fill the gap in the literature by presenting key evidence on the economic benefits (and costs) deriving from investment in an inclusive information society. The authors propose indicators and indexes of digital development and e-inclusion (and its flip-side e-exclusion) to assess the relationship between inclusive ICT and wider economic and social performance in Europe. Presenting the methodology to monitor countries' performance and ICT use, together with original measures and policy suggestions, this book will be indispensable to policy makers, scholars and postgraduate students in a variety of areas including economic growth, innovation, industrial and organizational studies, information and technology, European studies, and public and social policy.

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Edited by Paolo Guerrieri, Professor of Economics, College of Europe, Bruges, Belgium and University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy and Sara Bentivegna, Professor of New Media, University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’, Italy

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• Editore: Edward Elgar Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2011
• ISBN 10: 0857931881
• ISBN 13: 9780857931887
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero di pagine: 288
• Redattore: Guerrieri Paolo, Bentivegna Sara