Transforming Global Information and Communication Markets: The Political Economy of Innovation, vol 1

Peter F. Cowhey () and Jonathan D. Aronson ()
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Peter F. Cowhey: University of California, San Diego
Jonathan D. Aronson: University of Southern California

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Abstract: Innovation in information and communication technology (ICT) fuels the growth of the global economy. How ICT markets evolve depends on politics and policy, and since the 1950s periodic overhauls of ICT policy have transformed competition and innovation. For example, in the 1980s and the 1990s a revolution in communication policy (the introduction of sweeping competition) also transformed the information market. Today, the diffusion of Internet, wireless, and broadband technology, growing modularity in the design of technologies, distributed computing infrastructures, and rapidly changing business models signal another shift. This pathbreaking examination of ICT from a political economy perspective argues that continued rapid innovation and economic growth require new approaches in global governance that will reconcile diverse interests and enable competition to flourish. The authors (two of whom were architects of international ICT policy reforms in the 1990s) discuss this crucial turning point in both theoretical and practical terms, analyzing changes in ICT markets, examining three case studies, and considering principles and norms for future global policies. Readers wishing to explore certain topics in greater depth will find an electronic version of the text, additional materials, and "virtual" appendixes online. Information Revolution and Global Politics series

Keywords: information and communication technology; innovation; competition; growth; global economy (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F5 O3 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2009
Edition: 1
ISBN: 0-262-01285-5
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