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The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes

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AN economic phenomenon, which for some years has been directed[1] to a broader public under the heading “information society”, is older than many admit. Some neglect consideration of classical economic theory and empiricism and perceive a movement by national economies from primary to secondary and tertiary economic sectors.[2]

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  1. Frank-Michael Bahr
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  1. Institut d’Informatique, Facultés Universitaires Notre-Dame de la Paix, Namur, Belgium

    Jacques Berleur

  2. Faculty of Library and Information Science, University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada

    Andrew Clement

  3. British Computer Society, London, UK

    Richard Sizer

  4. London Business School, London, UK

    Diane Whitehouse

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Bahr, FM. (1990). Information in the Economy. In: Berleur, J., Clement, A., Sizer, R., Whitehouse, D. (eds) The Information Society: Evolving Landscapes. Springer, New York, NY. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4757-4328-9_15

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