Internet, economic growth and globalization : perspectives on the new economy in Europe, Japan, and the USA ; with 67 tables

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. Front Matter....Pages I-XI Introduction....Pages 1-7 Telecommunications, Internet, Innovation and Growth in Europe....Pages 9-65 Is the IT Revolution Possible in Japan?....Pages 67-83 The Internet and Evolving Patterns of International Trade....Pages 85-103 Internet Dynamics, Trade and Globalization....Pages 105-107 Internet and Culture....Pages 109-130 E-Commerce: A Paradise for Bargain Hunters?....Pages 131-134 E-Finance: Causing Major Upheavals in the Spatial Organization of the Financial Sector?....Pages 135-170 E-Finance: Causing Major Upheavals in the Spatial Organization of the Financial Sector?....Pages 171-177 How Will the Internet Change the Japanese Financial Perspective?....Pages 179-194 How Will the Internet Change the Japanese Financial Perspective?....Pages 195-197 Internet Dynamics and Expansion of European Financial Markets: Issues from a Behavioral Finance Perspective....Pages 199-216 Competition in Telecommunications and Internet Services: A Dynamic Perspective....Pages 217-227 Persistence of Monopolistic Bottlenecks in Telecommunications and Internet Services....Pages 229-233 Regulatory Economics and the Internet....Pages 235-248 The Regulation, Deregulation, and Nonregulation of Telecommunications and the Internet in the United States....Pages 249-274 Deregulation of Telecommunications and Non-Regulation of the Internet in Japan....Pages 275-288 Electronic Commerce and the Gats Negotiations....Pages 289-304 Electronic Commerce and the GATS Negotiations....Pages 305-310 The Internet and Society....Pages 311-322 The Internet and Society....Pages 323-325 Knowledge, Work Organisation and Economic Growth....Pages 327-376 The Quest for Global Leadership in the Internet Age: A European Perspective....Pages 377-380 Back Matter....Pages 381-391 Technological progress and deregulation plus privatization have stimulated the growth of the internet which can be used in many ways, including for international and national telephony based on the internet protocol (IP); voice-over-IP is most interesting for cable TV firms which thereby could become powerful telecommunications firms, too. Setting adequate rules for the digital economy - at the national and international level - is a key challenge for industrialized countries. This text outlines some of the key issues, examining how Europe, the US and Japan are addressing the challenge