ABSTRACT
Many recent books on information and communication technologies concentrate on individual country experiences or neglect to analyze political factors in conjunction with entrepreneurial ones.
This book, the result of an international research project, comprises a comprehensive comparison of three key countries: Japan, the United States and Germany. The book adopts an institutional approach.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
part 1|16 pages
Introduction
part 2|135 pages
Institutional framework for ICT and options for political governance
chapter 4|17 pages
Information and communication technologies in Germany
Is there a remaining role for sector-specific regulations?
part 3|139 pages
Industrial organization, enterprise structure and ICT
chapter 8|25 pages
ICT and corporate structure
The diffusion of e-commerce across Japanese companies
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chapter 9|30 pages
The rise and fall of ‘Wintelism' 1
Manufacturing strategies and transnational production networks of US information electronics firms in the Pacific Rim
