The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

• Corporate Author: SpringerLink (Online service)
• Other Authors: Dutta, Soumitra (Editor), Meyer, Arnoud De (Editor), Jain, Amit (Editor), Richter, Gérard (Editor)
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Berlin, Heidelberg : Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2006.
• Subjects: Business.; Management.; Information technology.; Business > Data processing.; Business and Management.; IT in Business.

Europe enlarged its boundaries in 2004 with the accession of ten new member states to the European Union. The creation of an effective information society is seen as critical to the global competitiveness of Europe. Based upon detailed data collection and rigorous analysis, the book presents a bench...

Table of Contents:

• Chapters
• An Assessment of the Relative Level of Development of an Information Society in the Enlarged European Union
• Electronic Business in the European Union: An Assessment of the Digital Divide in Business
• The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide
• The Role of European Governments in the Digital Economy
• Value-Based Information Management in European ICT Strategies
• Finland — A Prototypical Knowledge Economy?
• Data Analysis and Index Computation: Methodology.