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OECD information technology outlook 2008 : Information and Communications Technologies.
- Format:
- Book
- Government document
- Author/Creator:
- Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development Staff, Corporate Author.
- Series:
- Information society (Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development)
- OECD information technology outlook ; 2008
- Information society
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Information technology.
- Economic development--Effect of information technology on.
- Economic development.
- Information services.
- Electronic commerce.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (349 p.)
- Other Title:
- Information and Communications Technologies
- ICT
- Place of Publication:
- Paris, France : Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development, 2008.
- Language Note:
- English
- Summary:
- Information technology (IT) and broadband are major drivers of research, innovation, economic growth and social change. The 2008 edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook analyses recent developments in the IT goods and services industries, and suggests that the outlook is for continued long-term growth, constrained by the currently very uncertain macroeconomic environment in OECD countries but with somewhat higher growth possible elsewhere. . This edition analyses the impact of high-speed broadband on the economy, and areas of future impacts. The dynamic growth of digital-content-ba
- Contents:
- Foreword; Table of Contents; OECD Information Technology Outlook 2008 Highlights; Chapter 1. The IT Industry: Recent Developments and Outlook; Chapter 2. Globalisation of the ICT Sector; Chapter 3. ICT Research and Development and Innovation; Chapter 4. Broadband and ICT Access and Use by Households and Individuals; Chapter 5. Digital Content in Transition; Chapter 6.Economic Implications of Broadband; Chapter 7. ICT Policy Developments; Methodology and Definitions
- Notes:
- "Also available in French under title: Technologies de l'information et des communications : perspectives des technologies de l'information de l'OCDE 2008".
- "... prepared by the OECD Secretariat under the guidance of its Committee for Information, Computer and Communications Policy (ICCP) and in particular the Working Party on the Information Economy (WPIE)".
- Includes bibliographical references.
- ISBN:
- 1-282-05572-0
- 9786612055720
- 92-64-05554-1
- OCLC:
- 609834034
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