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OverviewWhile considerable attention has been focused on how information technologies (IT) are affecting particular industrialized nations, the broader implications of the Information Revolution have begun to be appreciated only in the past few years. This volume represents an important first step in understanding and coming to terms with the global impact of these technological advances. Based on a series of recent conferences, it distills the collective wisdom of an international group of some forty specialists in communications, trade, finance, development, and diplomacy. The authors identify the potential repercussions arising from the worldwide dissemination of IT and explore the adjustments and collective responses that may help to maximize benefits and reduce harmful effects. The introductory essays make it clear that while information technologies have created unprecedented opportunities for growth, they are drastically altering economic relations and promoting forms of economic interdependence that may have very serious consequences for individual nations and the world economy as a whole. Among the economic issues addressed in this volume are regulatory policy; barriers against information trade; the effects of IT on financial markets and international financial flows; the unequal distribution costs and benefits between developed and developing nations; the supranational power of multinational conglomerates; and economically harmful competition. The authors examine institutional changes that are affecting banking, finance, and trade, as well as legal questions relating to data flow privachy and intellectual property rights. They discuss the need for international cooperation and revised trade agreements to handle these complex new problems. Social and political issues, including education, employment, and democratic participation are also considered. Several chapters are devoted to recent innovations and anticipated developments in technology that will further effect global interdependence. The most authoritative, up-to-date source of information on the subject, this volume is recommended for practitioners and scholars concerned with public policy, international trade relations, finance, communications, information technology, and a variety of related fields. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Meheroo Jussawalla , Tadayuki Okuma , Toshihiro Araki , Toshihiro ArakiPublisher: Bloomsbury Publishing Plc Imprint: Praeger Publishers Inc Edition: Annotated edition Volume: No. 83 Dimensions: Width: 15.60cm , Height: 1.90cm , Length: 23.40cm Weight: 0.647kg ISBN: 9780313263262ISBN 10: 0313263264 Pages: 334 Publication Date: 17 July 1989 Recommended Age: From 7 to 17 years Audience: College/higher education , Undergraduate , Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly Format: Hardback Publisher's Status: Active Availability: Manufactured on demand We will order this item for you from a manufactured on demand supplier. Table of ContentsForeword: Information Technologies and International Relations Introduction to Information Technology Interdependence Policy and Practice Institutional Changes in Interdependence: Banking Finance, and Trade Legal Issues Emerging from Information Technology Sociocultural Issues Related to Information Technology Innovations and Future Trends Telecommunications and Development Conclusions and Recommendations IndexReviews"?This pioneering work was published under the auspices of the East-West Centre of Honolulu and the Japan Institute of International Affairs and is based on recent international conferences. This book helps show the global impact of the growth of information technology in such related fields as banking, finance, trade. Legal and socio-cultural issues are analysed by the co-authors. Some 40 specialists in communications, development, diplomacy, finance, investment institutions and trade describe the potential consequences of information technology and outline proposals to help obtain benefits and avoid negative effects. They provide helpful insights for communicators in the developing and developed nations.?-Media Development ?This volume represents an important first step in understanding and coming to terms with the global impact of advances in the field of information technology (IT). It distills the collective wisdom of an international group of some 40 specialists in communications, trade, finance, development and diplomacy. The authors identify the potential repercussions arising from the worldwide dissemination of IT and explore the adjustments and collective responses that may help to maximize benefits and reduce harmful effects.?-Transnational Data and Communications Report ""This volume represents an important first step in understanding and coming to terms with the global impact of advances in the field of information technology (IT). It distills the collective wisdom of an international group of some 40 specialists in communications, trade, finance, development and diplomacy. The authors identify the potential repercussions arising from the worldwide dissemination of IT and explore the adjustments and collective responses that may help to maximize benefits and reduce harmful effects.""-Transnational Data and Communications Report ""This pioneering work was published under the auspices of the East-West Centre of Honolulu and the Japan Institute of International Affairs and is based on recent international conferences. This book helps show the global impact of the growth of information technology in such related fields as banking, finance, trade. Legal and socio-cultural issues are analysed by the co-authors. Some 40 specialists in communications, development, diplomacy, finance, investment institutions and trade describe the potential consequences of information technology and outline proposals to help obtain benefits and avoid negative effects. They provide helpful insights for communicators in the developing and developed nations.""-Media Development" ?This pioneering work was published under the auspices of the East-West Centre of Honolulu and the Japan Institute of International Affairs and is based on recent international conferences. This book helps show the global impact of the growth of information technology in such related fields as banking, finance, trade. Legal and socio-cultural issues are analysed by the co-authors. Some 40 specialists in communications, development, diplomacy, finance, investment institutions and trade describe the potential consequences of information technology and outline proposals to help obtain benefits and avoid negative effects. They provide helpful insights for communicators in the developing and developed nations.?-Media Development Author InformationMEHEROO JUSSAWALLA is Research Economist with the Institute of Culture and Communication at the East-West Center in Honolulu, Hawaii. She is the author of Communications Economics and Development and Communication and Information Economics: New Perspectives, the co-compiler of Telecommunications Economics and International Regulatory Policy: An Annotated Bibliography (Greenwood Press, 1986), The Calculus of International Communications, and has written numerous related articles. TADAYUKI OKUMA is Senior Research Fellow in the Japan Institute of International Affairs and a member of the Japanese Committee for TIDE 2000. TOSHIHIRO ARAKI is with the Division of North American Affairs in the Japanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and a member of the Japanese Committee for TIDE 2000. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |