%0 Book %1 cortada2009societies %A Cortada, James W. %D 2009 %I Wiley-IEEE %K digital historiography information society world-system %P 289 %T How Societies Embrace Information Technology %X This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over $2 trillion annually. The book will also interest a wide range of academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, ands to the general trade market. %@ 0470534982, 9780470534984

@book{cortada2009societies, abstract = {This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over $2 trillion annually. The book will also interest a wide range of academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, ands to the general trade market.}, added-at = {2010-03-07T15:10:16.000+0100}, author = {Cortada, James W.}, biburl = {https://www.bibsonomy.org/bibtex/2e4ab41754fe9ff7b3e40e7bc17ff4095/jrennstich}, interhash = {50906a96c5b5281d29bc7220ed26a876}, intrahash = {e4ab41754fe9ff7b3e40e7bc17ff4095}, isbn = {0470534982, 9780470534984}, keywords = {digital historiography information society world-system}, month = {November}, pages = 289, publisher = {{Wiley-IEEE}}, timestamp = {2010-03-07T15:10:16.000+0100}, title = {How Societies Embrace Information Technology}, year = 2009 }