Seeking Transformation Through Information Technology Strategies for Brazil, China, Canada and Sri Lanka /

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Hanna, Nagy K. (Editor), Knight, Peter T. (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: New York, NY : Springer New York, 2011.
• Edition: 1.
• Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
• Subjects: Business.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.

The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable development. As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the...

Table of Contents:

• Chapter 1 E-Transformation as an Integrating Strategy
• Chapter 2 Toward e-Development in Brazil
• Chapter 3 China’s Evolving Informatization Strategy
• Chapter 4 Towards a Community-based e-Development in Canada
• Chapter 5 Sri Lanka as a Deliberate and Emergent Strategy
• Chapter 6 Comparative Experience and Lessons in e-Transformation.          .