This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over $2 trillion annually. The book will also interest a wide range of academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, ands to the general trade market.
- ISBN10 6612491906
- ISBN13 9786612491900
- Publish Date 2 March 2010 (first published 20 November 2009)
- Publish Status Active
- Out of Print 28 August 2012
- Publish Country US
- Imprint John Wiley & Sons
- Format eBook
- Pages 290
- Language English