Description
Book SynopsisProvides a comprehensive view of the economic and social research frontiers of the telecommunications and information activities in the Information Age.
Trade Review...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
Table of ContentsPreface (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.
