Understanding The Digital Economy: Data, Tools, And Research
by Erik Brynjolfsson /
2000 / English / PDF
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The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in
information, computing, and communications, is having a profound
effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently
directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with
executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications
of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and
internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and
research that could be undertaken by public and private
organizations.This book contains work presented at a conference
held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department
of Commerce. The goals of the conference were to assess current
research on the digital economy, to engage the private sector in
developing the research that informs investment and policy
decisions, and to promote better understanding of the growth and
socioeconomic implications of information technology and
electronic commerce. Aspects of the digital economy addressed
include macroeconomic assessment, organizational change, small
business, access, market structure and competition, and
employment and the workforce.
The rapid growth of electronic commerce, along with changes in
information, computing, and communications, is having a profound
effect on the United States economy. President Clinton recently
directed the National Economic Council, in consultation with
executive branch agencies, to analyze the economic implications
of the Internet and electronic commerce domestically and
internationally, and to consider new types of data collection and
research that could be undertaken by public and private
organizations.This book contains work presented at a conference
held by executive branch agencies in May 1999 at the Department
of Commerce. The goals of the conference were to assess current
research on the digital economy, to engage the private sector in
developing the research that informs investment and policy
decisions, and to promote better understanding of the growth and
socioeconomic implications of information technology and
electronic commerce. Aspects of the digital economy addressed
include macroeconomic assessment, organizational change, small
business, access, market structure and competition, and
employment and the workforce.