The economic impact of digital technologies measuring inclusion and the diffusion in Europe
1. Digital development in Europe : a theoretical framework -- 2. The internet in everyday life -- 3. A metrics for digital development -- 4. Digital inequalities in Europe -- 5. The economic impact of e-inclusion : a review of the literature -- 6. The economic impact of digital technologies : an emp...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cheltenham [England]
Edward Elgar Pub
2011
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| Collection: | Edward Elgar eBook Archive - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Summary: | 1. Digital development in Europe : a theoretical framework -- 2. The internet in everyday life -- 3. A metrics for digital development -- 4. Digital inequalities in Europe -- 5. The economic impact of e-inclusion : a review of the literature -- 6. The economic impact of digital technologies : an empirical analysis on European countries -- 7. The impact of e-inclusion in Europe : a scenario analysis -- 8. Digital development : an overall EU policy framework The Economic Impact of Digital Technologies offers a profoundly illuminating examination of ICT transformations in Europe and its critical role in greater social inequality. It presents scholars and policy makers with original and practical tools to benchmark and assess the ICT diffusion and inclusion process. The core message of the book is that a coherent European strategy for embedding ICT technologies in society is long overdue |
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| Physical Description: | xiii, 288 p ill |
| ISBN: | 9780857931887 9780857935236 |