Understanding the digital economy : data, tools, and research /
The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the econo...
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| Format: | eBook |
| Language: | English |
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Cambridge, Mass. :
MIT Press,
2000.
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| Online Access: | Connect to the full text of this electronic book |
| Summary: | The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in information, computing, and communications, is having a profound effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and research that could be undertaken by public and private organizations. This book contains work presented at a conference held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department of Commerce. The goals of the conference were to assess current research on the digital economy, to engage the private sector in developing the research that informs investment and policy decisions, and to promote better understanding of the growth and socioeconomic implications of information technology and electronic commerce. Aspects of the digital economy addressed include macroeconomic assessment, organizational change, small business, access, market structure and competition, and employment and the workforce. |
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| Physical Description: | 1 online resource (vi, 401 pages) : illustrations |
| ISBN: | 9780262269445 0262269449 0262024748 9780262024747 0585446814 9780585446813 |
| DOI: | 10.7551/mitpress/6986.001.0001 |