Transforming enterprise the economic and social implications of information technology

The dot.com bubble may have burst, but information technology continues to transform economic & social activity across all sections of society. This volume explores the changes that are taking place & what impact they will have on the way we live & work.

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Bibliographic Details
Other Authors Dutton, William H., 1947-
Format eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, c2005.
Subjects
Information technology.
Information technology > Social aspects.
elektronické knihy
electronic books
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9780262272070
Physical Description1 online zdroj (xii, 534 p.) : ill.

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Table of Contents:
  • Preface / Brian Kahin
  • Introductory essays
  • Technological innovation in organizations and their ecosystems / Ramon O'Callaghan
  • Continuity or transformation? Social and technical perspectives on information and communication technologies / William H. Dutton
  • [pt]. 1. Transforming the economy
  • 1. Intangible assets and the economic impact of computers / Erik Brynjolfsson and Lorin M. Hitt
  • 2. Projecting productivity growth : lessons from the U.S. growth resurgence / Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho, and Kevin J. Stiroh
  • 3. The impacts of ICT on economic performance : an international comparison at three levels of analysis / Dirk Pilat and Andrew W. Wyckoff
  • [pt]. 2. Knowledge and innovation
  • 4. New models of innovation and the role of information technologies in the knowledge economy / Dominique Foray
  • 5. Using knowledge to transform enterprises / Richard O. Mason and Uday M. Apte
  • 6. Transformation through cyberinfrastructure-based knowledge environments / Daniel E. Atkins
  • [pt]. 3. Networks and organizations
  • 7. Toward a network topology of enterprise transformation and innovation / Panagiotis Damaskopoulos
  • 8. IT-enabled growth nodes in Europe : concepts, issues, and research agenda / Ramon O'Callaghan
  • 9. Supernetworks : paradoxes, challenges, and new opportunities / Anna Nagurney.
  • [pt]. 4. Sector transformation
  • 10. Transforming production in a digital era / John Zysman
  • 11. Automotive informatics : information technology and enterprise transformation in the automobile industry / John Leslie King and Kalle Lyytinen
  • 12. The role of information technology in transforming the personal computer industry / Kenneth L. Kraemer and Jason Dedrick
  • 13. IT and the changing social division of labor : the case of electronics contract manufacturing / Boy Lčuthje
  • [pt]. 5. Community and society, home and place
  • 14. Public volunteer work on the Internet / Lee Sproull and Sara Kiesler
  • 15. The Internet and social transformation : reconfiguring access / William H. Dutton
  • 16. Impersonal sociotechnical capital, ICTs, and collective action among strangers / Paul Resnick
  • 17. The tech-enabled networked home : an analysis of current trends and future promise / Alladi Venkatesh
  • 18. The social impact of the Internet : a 2003 update / John P. Robinson and Anthony S. Alvarez
  • 19. Charting digital divides : comparing socioeconomic, gender, life stage, and rural-urban Internet access and use in five countries / Wenhong Chen and Barry Wellman
  • Appendix
  • Introductory address / Rita Colwell
  • Keynote address / John Marburger
  • Keynote address / Donald L. Evans
  • Contributors
  • Index.

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