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The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

  • Detailed analysis and ranking of 25 EU members and 3 candidate countries with respect to the development of their information societies

  • Including key information and communications technology related data

  • Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

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Table of contents (8 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages I-IX
  2. Introduction

    1. Introduction

      • Soumitra Dutta, Arnoud De Meyer, Amit Jain, Gérard Richter
      Pages 1-4
  3. Chapters

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 5-5
    2. The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide

      • Tobias Hüsing, Karsten Gareis, Werner B. Korte
      Pages 75-123
    3. Value-Based Information Management in European ICT Strategies

      • Kai Bender, Julia Hoerauf, Gérard Richter
      Pages 151-162
    4. Finland — A Prototypical Knowledge Economy?

      • Petri Rouvinen, Pekka Ylä-Anttila
      Pages 163-194
  4. Back Matter

    Pages 205-291

About this book

Europe enlarged its boundaries in 2004 with the accession of ten new member states to the European Union. The creation of an effective information society is seen as critical to the global competitiveness of Europe. Based upon detailed data collection and rigorous analysis, the book presents a benchmarking study of the 10 new member states and 3 candidate countries of the European Union as compared to the 15 incumbent countries with respect to the development of their information societies. Using a framework based on the Europe 2005 benchmarking framework, the 28 EU members and candidate countries are ranked according to their level of information society development, and then classified into 4 categories. The results presented in this book are of importance to all managers and companies doing business in the IT sector in the European Union.

Editors and Affiliations

  • Bd de Constance, INSEAD, Fontainebleau, France

    Soumitra Dutta, Arnoud Meyer, Amit Jain

  • Roland Berger Strategy Consultants, München, Germany

    Gérard Richter

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

  • Editors: Soumitra Dutta, Arnoud Meyer, Amit Jain, Gérard Richter

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/3-540-33156-5

  • Publisher: Springer Berlin, Heidelberg

  • eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Business and Management (R0)

  • Copyright Information: Springer-Verlag Berlin Heidelberg 2006

  • Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-540-26221-3Published: 20 February 2006

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-3-642-06567-5Published: 12 February 2010

  • eBook ISBN: 978-3-540-33156-8Published: 22 November 2006

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XIV, 290

  • Number of Illustrations: 44 b/w illustrations

  • Topics: IT in Business, Management

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