Internet, Economic Growth and Globalization

The dynamics of the digital economy in the US, Europe and Japan are rather different. Some EU countries come close to the USA as the leading OECD country in the new economy, but Japan faces particular problems in catching-up digitally. Information and communication technology will affect productivity growth, production, the financial system and trade. Setting adequate rules for the digital economy - at the national and international level - is a key challenge for industrialized countries. Moreover, cultural and organizational challenges will also have to be met.

Latest research on the effect of the digital economy on growth and internationalization New theoretical and empirical insights Overview of the information and communication in the triad Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Paul J. J. Welfens, geb. 1957 in Düren, Studium der Volkswirtschaftslehre in Wuppertal, Duisburg und Paris, Promotion 1985, Habilitation1989. Inhaber des Lehrstuhls für Volkswirtschaftslehre - Schwerpunkt Makroökonomische Theorie und Politik an der Bergischen Universität Wuppertal; Präsident des Europäischen Instituts für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW); Jean-Monnet-Professor für Europäische Wirtschaftsintegration; zuvor Distinguished Research Fellow am AICGS/The Johns Hopkins University, Professor an der Universität Münster bzw. Potsdam, Visiting Alfred Grosser Professor Sciences Po, Paris.

Inhalt
Telecommunications, Internet, Innovation and Growth in Europe.- Is the IT Revolution Possible in Japan?- The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade.- Internet Dynamics, Trade and Globalization.- Internet and Culture.- A Paradise for Bargain Hunters?- Causing Major Upheavals in the Spatial Organization of the Financial Sector?- How Will the Internet Change the Japanese Financial Perspective?- Internet Dynamics and Expansion of European Financial Markets: Issues from a Behavioral Finance Perspective.- Competition in Telecommunications and Internet Services: A Dynamic Perspective.- Persistence of Monopolistic Bottlenecks in Telecommunications and Internet Services.- Regulatory Economics and the Internet.- The Regulation, Deregulation, and Nonregulation of Telecommunications and the Internet in the United States.- Deregulation of Telecommunications and Non-Regulation of the Internet in Japan.- Electronic Commerce and the GATs Negotiations.- The Internet and Society.- Knowledge, Work Organisation and Economic Growth.- The Quest for Global Leadership in the Internet Age. A European Perspective.