ISBN:
1466658444
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9781466658479
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9781466658455
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9781466658448
Sprache:
Englisch
Seiten:
Online-Ressource(PDFs (336 pages).)
Ausgabe:
Also available in print
Paralleltitel:
Erscheint auch als Amoah, Lloyd G. Adu, 1973 - Impacts of the knowledge society on economic and social growth in Africa
Paralleltitel:
Available in another form
DDC:
303.48/33096
Schlagwort(e):
Wissensgesellschaft
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Informationstechnik
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Wirtschaftswachstum
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Sozialer Wandel
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Afrika
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Information technology Economic aspects
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Africa
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Knowledge economy Africa
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Information society Africa
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Information technology Economic aspects
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Information society
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Knowledge economy
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Africa's tourism sector and ICTs
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Anti-trust laws and telecommunications in Africa
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Global and regional intellectual property rights
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ICTs and African politics
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Knowledge society from the African perspective
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Political-economy of analog-digital transition
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Public policy formation and ICTs
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Robotics education
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Technology strategy and indigenous knowledge
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Telecommunications chambers in Africa
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Afrika
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Informationstechnik
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Wirtschaft
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Afrika
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Informationsgesellschaft
Kurzfassung:
"This book aims to catalyze thinking and provide relevant information on the complex ways in which the information age is shaping Africa and the implications that this will have for the continent and the world"--Provided by publisher.
Kurzfassung:
What is the opposite of a knowledge society? / Kajsa Hallberg Adu -- Digital television and its (dys)functions in Africa / John Bosco Mayiga -- ICTs and the (re)production of development knowledge in Africa / Lord C. Mawuko-Yevugah -- Doing it different: shaping African knowledge society under the influence of bilateral intellectual property standards / Owais Hassan Shaikh, Yifat Nahmias -- Ensuring competition in the telecommunication business environment in ghana: how relevant is the enactment of an anti-trust law? / Stephen E. Armah -- Blogging under behemoth: does communications technology make African politics more competitive? / Sean Clark -- The rise of telcos and Africa's knowledge society: what have telchambs got to do with it? / Lloyd G. Adu Amoah -- Creating knowledge society for economic and social growth in Africa: the ten fundamental pillars / Nathaniel O. Agola -- Towards an interactive e-government system in Sub-Saharan Africa: prospects and challenges / Charles Conteh, Greg Smith -- ICT and skills transfer: the case for diaspora involvement in tourism development in Ghana / Paul Ankomah, Trent Larson -- Knowledge sharing between local government and rural remote communities in Tanzania: technology strategies and cultural practice can work together / Chantal Philips, Wulystan P. Mtega, Arja Vainio-Mattila -- Robotics education in Africa: Africa compete / Marwa Soudi -- Rwanda leapfrogs into digital broadcasting migration: challenges and opportunities / Cedric Pierre-Louis -- Constructing the knowledge society: China's experience / Li Wengang, Chen Yulai, Guo Jia -- Exploring the development of m-government: case studies of Korea and Kenya's mobile banking sector / Yejoo Kim -- Huawei's ICT investments in Africa: analysis of the influence of the company's corporate social responsibility (CSR) policies on the emergence of the continent's knowledge society / Olga Rataj
Anmerkung:
Includes bibliographical references
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Restricted to subscribers or individual electronic text purchasers
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Also available in print.
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Mode of access: World Wide Web.
DOI:
10.4018/978-1-4666-5844-8
URL:
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