 Information technology policy trends in the worldKhadige Hassanlou, Mohammad Fathian, Peyman Akhavan and Ali Azari Technology in Society, 2009, vol. 31, issue 2, 125-132 Abstract: This paper analyzes worldwide information technology (IT) policy trends development using technology-diffusion, policy-making models. After reviewing various types of technology transfer, the authors identified a framework based on the approach of “Hanna”. The policy trends of 55 IT programs in 11 countries were positioned in the framework using a bottom–up approach. The authors analyzed IT policy-making initiative trends, and our findings show a sharp increase in the number of hands-off programs in the past 10 years and a considerable increase in the number of bridging programs since 1990. It also shows that before 1990, IT was not yet considered an independent program in the policy-making arena. Programs that use a hands-on method prefer the “generation” policy group rather than the “diffusion” policy group, but hands-off methods are neutral. The authors make recommendations and offer guidelines for IT policy makers. The study opens up new lines of research possibilities for IT researchers. Keywords: Information technology; IT policy; Information society; Diffusion policy; Generation policy; Iran (search for similar items in EconPapers) Downloads: (external link) Related works: Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:eee:teinso:v:31:y:2009:i:2:p:125-132 DOI: 10.1016/j.techsoc.2009.03.005 Access Statistics for this article Technology in Society is currently edited by Charla Griffy-Brown More articles in Technology in Society from Elsevier |
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