This book examines the link between information and communication technologies (ICTs) and economic and regional development. The publisher's description of the book places it very much at the practical, rather than theoretical end, of the spectrum: 'This book includes ... practical implications of diversified development practices ... it provides recommendations, success cases and failures of those practices that can be taken into consideration for future project preparation'. Despite this focus on practice, there is no unifying theoretical theme linking the 16 chapters of this edited volume. The book is organized around four sections: learning systems; application of technologies; information and knowledge management; and success stories/case studies. These themes provide the basic logic of the link between ICTs and economic development that is explored in this volume.
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