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| Additional Physical Format: | Online version: Global course of the information revolution. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2003 (OCoLC)607374582 Online version: Global course of the information revolution. Santa Monica, CA : RAND, 2003 (OCoLC)631401765 |
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| Material Type: | Internet resource |
| Document Type: | Book, Internet Resource |
| All Authors / Contributors: |
Richard O Hundley; Rand Corporation.; et al |
| ISBN: | 0833034243 9780833034243 |
| OCLC Number: | 52109250 |
| Notes: | "Prepared for the National Intelligence Research Council." |
| Description: | xliv, 174 p. : ill. ; 23 cm. |
| Contents: | Globalization and the Information Revolution Are Closely Linked -- Recurring Themes -- New Technology Developments Will Continually Drive the Information Revolution -- It Is Useful to Distinguish Among Developments in Technology, Products, and Services -- Some Technology Developments Can Be Foreseen -- Product Developments Will Allow Information Devices to Be Ubiquitous, Wearable, and in Continuous Contact -- Services Developments Will Greatly Extend Access to, and the Usefulness of, Information Systems -- Markets Will Decide What Possible Products and Services Become Actual and Widespread -- Some Tensions Arising from These Developments Will Affect the Growth and Spread of IT-Related Products and Services -- A Period of Information Technology Consolidation Is Both Likely and Healthy -- The Information Revolution is Enabling New Business Models That are Transforming the Business and Financial Worlds -- Many New Business Models Are Arising -- The Information Revolution is Affecting Mechanisms of Governance and Empowering New Political Actors -- Some Traditional Mechanisms of Governance Are Becoming Problematic -- New Governmental Mechanisms Are Being Enabled -- New Political Actors Are Being Empowered -- The Information Revolution Could Over Time Change the Role of the Nation-State: The Jury Is Still Out -- Different Nations Will Take Different Approaches to Dealing with These Changes -- The Events of 9/11 May Lead to Increased Governmental Intervention into IT Developments. |
| Responsibility: | Richard O. Hundley ... [et al.]. |
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Abstract:
Projects the impact of information technology and the information revolution on areas across the globe.
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