ISBN-13: 9789264055537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 348 str.
ISBN-13: 9789264055537 / Angielski / Miękka / 2009 / 348 str.
Information technology (IT) and broadband are major drivers of economic change, restructuring businesses, affecting skills and employment, and contributing to growth and consumer benefits. The new edition of the OECD Information Technology Outlook describes recent market dynamics and trends in industries supplying IT goods and services and offers an overview of the globalization of the information and communication technology (ICT) sector and the rise of ICT-enabled international sourcing. It analyzes the development and impact of the changing global distribution of services activities and the rise of China and India as significant suppliers of ICTrelated goods and services. It also looks at the increasing importance of digital content in selected industries and how it is transforming value chains and business models. The potential of technological developments such as ubiquitous networks, location-based services, natural disaster warning systems, the parti