Manuel Castells--one of the world's pre-eminent social scientists--has drawn together a stellar group of contributors … analyzes the technological, cultural and institutional transformation of societies around the world in terms of the critical … -- pt. 3. The network economy -- pt. 4. Sociability and social structure in the age of the Internet -- pt. 5. The Internet …

This compelling book focuses on the global formation of the Internet system. It contests the common belief that the … Internet's adoption was inevitable and instead examines the social and economic processes that allowed to it to prevail over … Internet system -- 6. Internationalization and digital divide -- 7. Co-evolution : localization of the Internet system -- 8 …

(including the internet) and mobile telecommunications (including the mobile internet). A sectoral systems of innovation approach … equipment production and the provision of intangible service products such as internet access and content. By addressing the … subsystems * the dynamics and trends of the internet services industry * policy implications for the future of the …

The proliferation of new information technologies throughout the world has raised some important questions for …

developments; international entrepreneurship and the internet as a developing research agenda; contacts links and networks as …. International entrepreneurship and the Internet : a developing research agenda -- pt. 5. Contacts, links and networks : process …