Overview

This timely volume provides a comprehensive view of the economic and social research frontiers of the telecommunications and information activities in the Information Age. New technologies and deregulation characterize this rapidly growing sector, which is assuming an increasingly international character. These changes are generating a wide range of local, regional and international policy issues. An international group drawn from research, industry and policy communities outline the important frontiers on which research efforts should focus. The book emphasizes the need for the implementation of such economic and social research.

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Author:   D. McLean Lamberton
Publisher:   Emerald Publishing Limited
Imprint:   Elsevier Science Ltd
Dimensions:   Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm
Weight:   0.588kg
ISBN:  

9780444822512

ISBN 10:   0444822518
Pages:   292
Publication Date:   19 October 1996
Audience:   Professional and scholarly ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Active
Availability:   In Print  
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Table of Contents

Preface (M. Haddad). Research frontiers (D. Lamberton). The international economy: knowledge flows, and information activities (H.--J. Engelbrecht). Telecommunications demand (J. Alleman, A. de Fontenay). Comment (G. Madden, D. Cracknell). Localized knowledge, percolation processes and information networks (C. Antonelli). Comment (R. Joseph, D. Cracknell). Technological change (G.M. Peter Swann). Comment (M. Jussawalla, D. Cracknell). Market structures in telecommunications (J. Nightingale). Comment (D. Lamberton). Telecommunications and economic development (R. Maddock). Comment (N. Holcer, D. Cracknell). New developments in telecommunications regulation (M. Cave). Comment (M.S. Snow, D. Cracknell). Telecommunications regulation: an Australian perspective (A.J. Shaw). Social dimensions (D. Allen). Comment (A. Moyal, R. Joseph). Interdisciplinary research: history (A. Moyal). The contribution of information science to telecommunications research (J. Kirk). Telecommunications and management (B. Martin). Comment (D. Lamberton). Participants in the workshop. Supplementary references. Index.

Reviews

...The value of this book lies in the combination of descriptions of past development and the outlook into future trends as it still provides guidelines on which topics we should put our specific interest in today. Prometheus

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