Japan and the Internet Revolution
Japan and the Internet Revolution challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow-moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government to the introduction of the Internet, promoters and entrepreneurs manage...
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Format: | eBook |
Language: | English |
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London
Palgrave Macmillan UK
2003, 2003
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Collection: | Springer eBooks 2005- - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
Summary: | Japan and the Internet Revolution challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow-moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government to the introduction of the Internet, promoters and entrepreneurs managed to create a flexible and dynamic Internet society. From a slow start, Japan has emerged as the global leader in the mobile internet, the host of arguably the strongest nation-specific web-presence in the world, and a country determined to remain near the forefront of the digital revolution |
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Physical Description: | XIV, 202 p online resource |
ISBN: | 9781403990075 |