Format:
1 Online-Ressource (xliv, 174 pages)
Edition:
[S.l.] HathiTrust Digital Library 2010 Electronic reproduction
ISBN:
9780833034243
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0833036025
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0833034243
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9780833036025
Series Statement:
MR (Series) MR-1680-NIC
Content:
Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I, Recurring themes -- New technology developments will continually drive the information revolution -- The information revolution is enabling new business models that are transforming the business and financial worlds -- The information revolution is affecting mechanisms of governance and empowering new political actors -- The information revolution both shapes and is shaped by social and cultural values in significant ways -- Many factors shape and characterize a nation's approach to the information revolution -- Part II, Regional variations -- North America will continue in the vanguard of the information revolution -- The information revolution is following a somewhat different and more deliberate course in Europe -- Many Asia-Pacific nations are poised to do well in the information revolution, some are not -- Latin America faces many obstacles in responding to the information revolution: some nations will rise to the challenge, others will not -- Few Middle Eastern and North African nations will fully experience the information revolution, some may miss it altogether -- Most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa will fall further behind in the information revolution -- Part III, Some additional topics (A brief look) -- Geopolitical trends furthered by the information revolution could pose continuing challenges to the United States -- What future events could change these projections? -- The information revolution is part of a broader technology revolution with even profounder consequences -- Appendix: Participants in the Rand/NIC information revolution conferences -- References
Content:
Preface -- Figures -- Tables -- Summary -- Acknowledgments -- Abbreviations -- Introduction -- Part I, Recurring themes -- New technology developments will continually drive the information revolution -- The information revolution is enabling new business models that are transforming the business and financial worlds -- The information revolution is affecting mechanisms of governance and empowering new political actors -- The information revolution both shapes and is shaped by social and cultural values in significant ways -- Many factors shape and characterize a nation's approach to the information revolution -- Part II, Regional variations -- North America will continue in the vanguard of the information revolution -- The information revolution is following a somewhat different and more deliberate course in Europe -- Many Asia-Pacific nations are poised to do well in the information revolution, some are not -- Latin America faces many obstacles in responding to the information revolution: some nations will rise to the challenge, others will not -- Few Middle Eastern and North African nations will fully experience the information revolution, some may miss it altogether -- Most countries of Sub-Saharan Africa will fall further behind in the information revolution -- Part III, Some additional topics (A brief look) -- Geopolitical trends furthered by the information revolution could pose continuing challenges to the United States -- What future events could change these projections? -- The information revolution is part of a broader technology revolution with even profounder consequences -- Appendix: Participants in the Rand/NIC information revolution conferences -- References
Note:
"Prepared for the National Intelligence Research Council
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"MR-1680-NIC"--Page 4 of cover
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 163-174)
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Use copy Restrictions unspecified star MiAaHDL
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Electronic reproduction
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Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002.
Additional Edition:
ISBN 0833034243
Additional Edition:
Druck-Ausgabe
Additional Edition:
Print version Global course of the information revolution Santa Monica, CA : National Defense Research Institute, Rand, 2003
Language:
English
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