National Strategies to Harness Information Technology Seeking Transformation in Singapore, Finland, the Philippines, and South Africa /

• 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, 2012.
• Series: Innovation, Technology, and Knowledge Management
• Subjects: Management information systems.; Computer science.; Development economics.; Economic growth.; Economics.; Development Economics.; Economic Growth.; Management of Computing and Information Systems.

The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of competitiveness and sustainable growth. As countries engage in an increasingly competitive global economy, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way enterprises...

Table of Contents:

• Why National e-Transformation Strategies?
• The e-Transformation Journey of Singapore
• Information Society and Consensus Formation in Finland
• A Decade of e-Development in South Africa: Sufficient for a “Services (R)evolution”?
• The Philippines: The Quest for Genuine e-Development
• Comparative Experience and Lessons in e-Transformation
• Index.