Information technology parks of the Asia Pacific : lessons for the Regional Digital Divide / edited by Meheroo Jussawalla and Richard D. Taylor ; foreword by Pekka Tarjanne.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Jussawalla, Meheroo, 1923-

Taylor, Richard.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Digital divide--Asia.

Digital divide.

Digital divide--Pacific Area.

Information technology parks--Asia.

Information technology parks.

Information technology parks--Pacific Area.

Communication in economic development--Asia.

Communication in economic development.

Communication in economic development--Pacific Area.

Pacific Area.

Asia.

Physical Description:

xi, 298 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : M.E. Sharpe, [2003]

Summary:

Many developing nations today are establishing information-based technology (IT) parks as their primary strategy for promoting direct foreign investment, technology transfer, research and development, employment, and overall economic growth. These efforts require huge investments in infrastructure and human resources as the developing nations struggle to overcome inequalities in access to digital communications technology. This study compares IT parks in China, India, Malaysia, Singapore, Taiwan, and Hawaii, in search of strategies that policy makers can employ to reduce the Global Digital Divide, advance distributional equity, and soften some of the negative effects of economic globalization. The book explores the objectives of the different national IT policies and the developmental status of the various IT parks, suggests "best practices" based on these cases, and considers the challenges to future IT park developments.

Contents:

1. Bridging the "Global Digital Divide" / Meheroo Jussawalla 3

2. High-Tech Park Development in China / Lin Sun 25

3. The Malaysia Experience: The Multimedia Super Corridor / Richard D. Taylor 64

4. Tracing the History of Information Technology in India / B.V. Naidu 119

5. Fishing Village to Technopolis and Biopolis: Science and Technology Parks in Singapore / Habibul H. Khondker 151

6. Technopolis Development in Taiwan: An Information Technology Capabilities-Enhancing Approach / Eunice Hsiao Hui Wang 193

7. Technology Parks: City of Kapolei, Kapolei Business Park, and Kapolei Teleport, Kapolei, Hawaii / Gordon J. Bruce 227

8. Lessons of Technology Parks for the Global Digital Divide / Jorge Reina Schement 245

9. The Role of Information Technology Parks in Bridging the Digital Divide / Meheroo Jussawalla 254.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

0765611430

OCLC:

51059284