Introduction: The Tip of the Digital Iceberg

Ken Coates and Carin Holroyd
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Ken Coates: University of Saskatchewan
Carin Holroyd: University of Saskatchewan

A chapter in Japan and the Internet Revolution, 2003, pp 1-16 from Palgrave Macmillan

Abstract: Abstract It is hard to separate substance from glitter in the fast-paced world of dot.coms, Internet ‘revolutions’, New Economies, e-government, telehealth, web usage rates, mobile telephony and the thousands of other developments, issues, technologies and processes associated with the digital transformation. Beginning in the early 1990s, when the World Wide Web emerged from highly specialized technical circles into global prominence, the Internet-based revolution has seen both remarkable highs and shocking lows. New ideas have gained widespread currencies and the core assumptions which seemed so safe only a few years ago have been proven to be faulty. Far beyond the false promise of massively inflated stock prices, however, lays a transformation of fundamental importance. Around the world, and in Japan no less than other leading industrial nations, thousands of transitions are underway as governments, businesses, organizations, political parties, individuals and societies seek to come to terms with the potential, the opportunities and the intrusions of the Internet.

Keywords: Information Revolution; Digital Revolution; Japanese Consumer; Shopping District; Internet Revolution (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2003
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DOI: 10.1057/9781403990075_1

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