The Information E-conomy: Business Strategies for Competing in the Global Age

Part 1 The evolving information economy: The nature of the information economy Drivers of the information economy Conclusion. Part 2 The information economy and competitive advantage: The impact upon enterprise performance and functioning The information economy and competitive advantage of enterprises - a value chain analysis Organizational implications The competitive paradigm within the information economy. Part 3 The strategic implications of electronic commerce: The rise and broad strategic impact of electronic commerce Forms of electronic commerce Business models in the information economy Disintermediation and the emergence of infomediaries Small and medium-sized enterprises and electronic commerce Conclusion. Part 4 The information industry: The evolving information industry structure The telecommunications sector The information technology sector Content industries The trend towards convergence in the information industries Conclusion. Part 5 Policy and regulation for the information economy: Regulating the development of the information economy Liberalization Standards and interoperability Intellectual property rights Privacy Security Content control Taxation issues in the information economy Conclusion. Part 6 The information economy - a concluding perspective: The competitive challenge of the information economy The expansion of electronic commerce The key role of the information industry Towards the necessary policy solutions Conclusion.