The Socioeconomic Evolution of the European Union Exploring the Electronic Frontier /

• Main Author: Mărcuț, Mirela (Author)
• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing : Imprint: Springer, 2016.
• Series: SpringerBriefs in Economics,
• Subjects: Management.; Industrial management.; European Economic Community literature.; Economic policy.; Regional economics.; Spatial economics.; Economic sociology.; Economics.; European Integration.; Regional/Spatial Science.; R & D/Technology Policy.; Innovation/Technology Management.; Organizational Studies, Economic Sociology.

This volume explores the role of territory in the creation, maintenance and extension of a new type of frontier, the electronic frontier, from a social and economic point of view. It departs from the earlier concepts of borders – state, social, economic, ethnic, religious, etc. – to investigate the...

Table of Contents:

• Foreword
• Preface
• Chapter 1 Borders and Frontiers in the Internet Age
• Chapter 2 Socio-Economic Evolution of the European Union: A Frontier Perspective
• Chapter 3 What is the Electronic Frontier?
• Chapter 4 The Electronic Frontier in the European Union
• Conclusions. .