Information technology policy : an international history /

Information Technology has become symbolic of modernity and progress almost since its inception. The nature and boundaries of IT have also meant that it has shaped, or become embedded within a wide range of other scientific, technological and economic developments. Governments, from the outset, saw...

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1. Verfasser:
Coopey, R.
Format:
Elektronisch E-Book
Sprache:
Englisch
Veröffentlicht:
Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press, 2004.
Zusammenfassung:
Information Technology has become symbolic of modernity and progress almost since its inception. The nature and boundaries of IT have also meant that it has shaped, or become embedded within a wide range of other scientific, technological and economic developments. Governments, from the outset, saw the computer as a strategic technology, a keystone of economic development and an area where technology policy should be targeted. This was true for those economies interested inmaintaining their technological and economic leadership, but also figured strongly in the developmental programmes of thos
Umfang:
1 online resource (363 p.)
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Description based upon print version of record.
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English
Bibliografie:
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:
9786610753505
1-280-75350-1
1-4237-5723-8
0-19-152904-4
Schlagworte:
Information technology > Government policy > History.
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