Humanizing the digital age / edited by Üner Kirdar.
Kirdar, Üner, 1933-
2007
HC59.72.I55 H86 2007 (Mapit)
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Title
Humanizing the digital age / edited by Üner Kirdar.
ISBN
9789211045666
9211045665
Publication Details
New York : United Nations, 2007.
Language
English
Description
x, 144 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.
Call Number
HC59.72.I55 H86 2007
Dewey Decimal Classification
303.48/33091724
Summary
This book examines entrepreneurship, the need for global governance, and the importance of South-South cooperation in the ICT sector, drawing on country practices from Ireland, Spain, India, China and Turkey. Edited by Üner Kirdar, a senior adviser to the United Nations, the book argues that the information revolution provides unprecedented opportunities for economic and human development, as long as countries are capable of tapping its potential.--Publisher's description.
Note
Based on the edited and updated versions of papers submitted to the conference "Impact of the Information Revolution on Global Development: How to Humanize the Digital Age," held May 2-3, 2006 at Kadir Has University, Istanbul, sponsored by Fordham University and Kadir Has University.
"U.N. Sales No.: E.07.II.A.3"--T.p. verso.
Bibliography, etc. Note
Includes bibliographical references.
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Kirdar, Üner, 1933-
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pt. 1. An overview. Overview / Üner Kirdar
pt. 2. Global perspectives. How to humanize the digital age / Üner Kirdar
The new economy and growth in the G-7 countries : lessons for emerging market economies / Dominick Salvatore
From entrepreneurial perspectives : impacts of the information revolution / Richard Colombo
Digital revolution : opportunity or a new divide? / Sarbuland Khan
The importance of information and communication technology to south-south co-operation / Yiping Zhou
pt. 3. Lessons from country experiences. The transformation of the Irish economy : the role of the information and communications technology industry and its social and economic impact / Michael Shiel
The humanization of the information age : the Spanish case / Roger Bell
Information revolution and the promise of development for India / Falguni K. Sen
Material, social and spiritual capital : views on different forms of capital accumulation in current Chinese society / John Zhuang Yang
The impact of information revolution : Turkey's saga / Faruk Eczacibaşi.

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