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The weightless world [electronic resource] : strategies for managing the digital economy
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Coyle, Diane.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Economic forecasting.
- Economic history.
- Economic indicators.
- Economic security.
- Electronic commerce.
- Local Subjects:
- Economic forecasting.
- Economic history.
- Economic indicators.
- Economic security.
- Electronic commerce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (272 p.)
- Place of Publication:
- Chichester : John Wiley & Sons, Ltd., 1999.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- This text maps out how the economic world has been turned upside down by technology, globalism and the death of job security. It takes up the thread of thought established in Negroponte's 'Being Digital', in terms of asking how our lives will change in a world where technology is the major currency.
- Contents:
- Contents; Introduction; Acknowledgements; Chapter One. The Weightless World; Chapter Two. Where Have All The Jobs Gone?; Chapter Three. Weightless Work; Chapter Four. Nourishing the Grass Roots; Chapter Five. Fear of Flexibility; Chapter Six. The End of Welfare; Chapter Seven. The Ageing of Nations; Chapter Eight. Globalism and Globaloney; Chapter Nine. Visible and Invisible Cities; Chapter Ten. Redesigning Government; Bibliography; Index
- Notes:
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 1-900961-11-3
- OCLC:
- 469634032
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