Transforming enterprise : the economic and social implications of information technology / edited by William H. Dutton [and others].

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Dutton, William H., 1947-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Information technology.

Information technology--Social aspects.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (xii, 534 pages) : illustrations

Place of Publication:

Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press, [2005]

System Details:

text file

Summary:

The dot.com bubble may have burst, but information technology continues to transform economic and social activity across all sections of society. This volume explores the changes that are taking place and what impact they will have on the way we live and work.

Contents:

Technological Innovation in Organizations and Their Ecosystems / Ramon O'Callaghan 1

Continuity or Transformation? Social and Technical Perspectives on Information and Communication Technologies / William H. Dutton 13

I Transforming the Economy 25

1 Intangible Assets and the Economic Impact of Computers / Erik Brynjolfsson, Lorin M. Hitt 27

2 Projecting Productivity Growth: Lessons from the U.S. Growth Resurgence / Dale W. Jorgenson, Mun S. Ho, Kevin J. Stiroh 49

3 The Impacts of ICT on Economic Performance: An International Comparison at Three Levels of Analysis / Dirk Pilat, Andrew W. Wyckoff 77

II Knowledge and Innovation 11

4 New Models of Innovation and the Role of Information Technologies in the Knowledge Economy / Dominique Foray 113

5 Using Knowledge to Transform Enterprises / Richard O. Mason, Uday M. Apte 131

6 Transformation through Cyberinfrastructure-Based Knowledge Environments / Daniel E. Atkins 155

III Networks and Organizations 177

7 Toward a Network Topology of Enterprise Transformation and Innovation / Panagiotis Damaskopoulos 179

8 IT-Enabled Growth Nodes in Europe: Concepts, Issues, and Research Agenda / Ramon O'Callaghan 199

9 Supernetworks: Paradoxes, Challenges, and New Opportunities / Anna Nagurney 229

IV Sector Transformation 255

10 Transforming Production in a Digital Era / John Zysman 257

11 Automotive Informatics: Information Technology and Enterprise Transformation in the Automobile Industry / John Leslie King, Kalle Lyytinen 283

12 The Role of Information Technology in Transforming the Personal Computer Industry / Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick 313

13 IT and the Changing Social Division of Labor: The Case of Electronics Contract Manufacturing / Boy Luthje 335

V Community and Society, Home and Place 359

14 Public Volunteer Work on the Internet / Lee Sproull, Sara Kiesler 361

15 The Internet and Social Transformation: Reconfiguring Access / William H. Dutton 375

16 Impersonal Sociotechnical Capital, ICTs, and Collective Action among Strangers / Paul Resnick 399

17 The Tech-Enabled Networked Home: An Analysis of Current Trends and Future Promise / Alladi Venkatesh 413

18 The Social Impact of the Internet: A 2003 Update / John P. Robinson, Anthony S. Alvarez 437

19 Charting Digital Divides: Comparing Socioeconomic, Gender, Life Stage, and Rural-Urban Internet Access and Use in Five Countries / Wenhong Chen, Barry Wellman 467

Introductory Address / Rita Colwell 501.

Notes:

OCLC-licensed vendor bibliographic record.

ISBN:

0262272075

9780262272070

0262541777

9780262541770

OCLC:

827012787

Publisher Number:

9780262541770

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.