Information Technology Policy An International History [Hardcover]

This book brings together a series of country-based studies to examine, in depth, the nature and extent of IT policies as they have evolved from a complex historical interaction of politics, technology, institutions, and social and cultural factors. In doing so many key questions are critically examined. Where can we find successful examples of IT policy? Who has shaped policy? Who did governments turn to for advice in framing policy?

Several chapters outline the impact of military influence on IT. What is the precise nature of this influence on IT development? How closely were industry leaders linked to government programs and to what extent were these programs, particularly those aimed at the generation of 'national champions', misconceived through undue special pleading? How effective were government personnel and politicians in assessing the merits of programs predicated on technological trajectories extrapolated from increasingly complex and specialized information?

This book will be of interest to academics and graduate students of Management Studies, History, Economics, and Technology Studies, and Government and Corporate policy makers engaged with technology policy.


1. Information Technology Policy: A Global Historical Survey,Richard Coopey
2. The Shifting Interests of the United States Government in the Development and Diffusion of Information Technology Since 1943,Arthur Norberg
3. The Supply of Information Technology Workers: A History of Policy and Practice in the United States,William Aspray
4. Public Policies, Private Platforms: Anitrust and American Computing,Steven W. Usselman
5. Beat IBM: Cooperation and Competition Inside Japanese Computer Promotion,Seiichiro Yonekura
6. Empire and Technology: Information Technology Policy in Postwar Britain and France,Richard Coopey
7. From National Champions to Little Ventures: The NEB and the Second Wave of IT in Bril³"