TY  - BOOK
AU  - Hundley,Richard O.
AU  - Anderson,Robert H.
AU  - Bikson,Tora K.
AU  - Botterman,Maarten
AU  - Cave,Jonathan A.K.
AU  - Neu,C.R.
AU  - Norgate,Michelle
AU  - Cordes,Renee
ED  - Rand eBooks.
TI  - The future of the information revolution in Europe: proceedings of an international conference 
T2  - Conference proceedings / RAND
SN  - 0833031287
AV  - HM851 .F88 2001
PY  - 2001///
CY  - Santa Monica, CA
PB  - RAND
KW  - Information policy
KW  - Europe
KW  - Congresses
KW  - Information society
KW  - Social aspects
KW  - Information technology
KW  - Economic aspects
KW  - Government policy
KW  - Electronic books
KW  - local
N1  - "National Defense Research Institute."; "Prepared for the National Intelligence Council as a contribution to the Information Revolution project within the DCI's Strategic Estimates Program"--Cover; Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114); Also available on the internet via WWW in PDF format
N2  - This report contains the proceedings of a conference focused on the information revolution in Europe, that was held in Limelette, Belgium, in April 2001. Participants in this conference argued that the information revolution is following a somewhat different course in Europe than in America: the process of "creative destruction" by which new technologies and business paradigms replace their predecessors is proceeding more slowly, Europe's emphasis  on economic and social equity results in a less aggressive approach to new IT business opportunities than does the "winner-take-all" business mentality in the U.S., and Europe's "top down" planning mentality is fostering more deliberate decision making. As a result, the information revolution has been proceeding slower in Europe than in America, with the U.S. in the vanguard in most IT-related areas and Europe following along somewhat behind.  This is likely to continue for at least the next few years, if not longer
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ER  -