Information Technology in Asia : : New Development Paradigms / / ed. by Siow Yue Chia, Jamus Jerome Lim.

The information and communications technology (ICT) revolution that swept the world through the 1990s has impacted the economic, political, and social structures of countries throughout Asia. These have presented themselves both as digital opportunities as well as challenges. This volume presents a...

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Superior document:Title is part of eBook package: De Gruyter Asian Studies Backlist (2000-2014) eBook Package
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Place / Publishing House:Singapore : : ISEAS Publishing, , [2002]
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Year of Publication:2002
Language:English
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Physical Description:1 online resource (348 p.)
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Other title:Frontmatter --
Contents --
List of Tables --
List of Figures --
Acknowledgements --
Contributors --
1. The Challenges of Information Technology: Introduction --
2. Information Technology in Southeast Asia: Engine of Growth or Digital Divide? --
3. ICT Industry Development and Diffusion in Southeast Asia --
4. Social and Political Impacts of ICT: How Will They Affect ASEAN’s Agenda? --
5. Human Capital and IT in Innovation and Growth in ASEAN --
6. E-Commerce in Southeast Asia: A Review of Developments, Challenges, and Issues --
7. Singapore as a Regional Information Technology Hub --
8. Multimedia Super Corridor: Introducing a New Economy in Malaysia --
9. ICT in Thailand: Initial Steps towards the New Economy --
10. Assessing Global E-Commerce Policies: A Perspective from Thailand --
11. Leapfrogging into the ICT Revolution: The Case of Vietnam and the Transitional Economies --
12 Knowledge-Based Economy and Information Technology: The Taiwan Experience --
13. Bangalore: IT Cluster in India --
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Summary:The information and communications technology (ICT) revolution that swept the world through the 1990s has impacted the economic, political, and social structures of countries throughout Asia. These have presented themselves both as digital opportunities as well as challenges. This volume presents a collection of papers by scholars on the new development paradigms afforded by this new technology, from the experience of the software capital of Bangalore to the policy dilemmas faced by transition economies such as Vietnam.
Format:Mode of access: Internet via World Wide Web.
ISBN:9789812306074
9783110649772
9783111024707
9783110663006
9783110606683
DOI:10.1355/9789812306074
Access:restricted access
Hierarchical level:Monograph
Statement of Responsibility: ed. by Siow Yue Chia, Jamus Jerome Lim.