Internationalizing the Internet the co-evolution of influence and technology
1. Introduction -- 2. Socioeconomic design of technological systems -- 3. Economics and politics of telecommunications systems -- 4. The design of data network systems : competing and collaborating technologies -- 5. The evolution of the Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Northampton, Mass
Edward Elgar Publishing
2005
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| Series: | New horizons in the economics of innovation
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Introduction -- 2. Socioeconomic design of technological systems -- 3. Economics and politics of telecommunications systems -- 4. The design of data network systems : competing and collaborating technologies -- 5. The evolution of the Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide -- 7. Co-evolution : localization of the Internet system -- 8. Conclusion This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the Internet's adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over competing standards and methods for achieving a global information infrastructure |
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| Physical Description: | vii, 300 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9781843764977 1843764970 9781845426750 |