04535nam 22009135 450 991029850120332120250609110850.03-662-46602-310.1007/978-3-662-46602-5(CKB)3710000000399990(EBL)2095747(SSID)ssj0001500731(PQKBManifestationID)11904633(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001500731(PQKBWorkID)11536256(PQKB)10906043(DE-He213)978-3-662-46602-5(MiAaPQ)EBC2095747(PPN)185487661(MiAaPQ)EBC6219759(MiAaPQ)EBC3109785(EXLCZ)99371000000039999020150415d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrThe Global Digital Divides Explaining Change /by James B. Pick, Avijit Sarkar1st ed. 2015.Berlin, Heidelberg :Springer Berlin Heidelberg :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (407 p.)Progress in IS,2196-8713Description based upon print version of record.3-662-46601-5 Includes bibliographical references and index.Introduction -- Historical Background -- Theoretical Model -- The Global Digital Divide -- China's Digital Divide -- India's Digital Divide -- Japan's Digital Divide -- United States Digital Divide -- Digital Divide  in Africa -- Comparisons of Countries -- The Roles and Policies of Government -- The Future of the Digital Divide.This book analyzes extensive data on the world’s rapidly changing and growing access to, use and geographies of information and communications technologies. It studies not only the spatial differences in technology usage worldwide, but also examines digital differences in the major world nations of China, India, the United States and Japan at the state and provincial levels. At the global level, factors such as education, innovation, judicial independence, and investment are important to explaining differences in the adoption and use of technology. The country studies corroborate consistent determinants for technology usage for education, urban location, economic prosperity, and infrastructure, but also reveal unique determinants, such as social capital in the United States and India, exports in China, and working age population and patents in Japan. Spatial patterns are revealed that indicate clusters of high and low technology use for various nations around the world, the countries of Africa, and for individual states/provinces within nations. Based on theory, novel findings, and phenomena that have remained largely unreported, the book considers the future of the worldwide digital divides, the policy role of governments, and the challenges of leadership.Progress in IS,2196-8713Business information servicesGeographic information systemsSocial sciencesData processingEconomic developmentDevelopment economicsPolitical planningIT in BusinessGeographical Information SystemComputer Application in Social and Behavioral SciencesEconomic Development, Innovation and GrowthDevelopment EconomicsPublic PolicyBusiness information services.Geographic information systems.Social sciencesData processing.Economic development.Development economics.Political planning.IT in Business.Geographical Information System.Computer Application in Social and Behavioral Sciences.Economic Development, Innovation and Growth.Development Economics.Public Policy.004320.6330338.9338926650910285Pick James Bauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut975562Sarkar Avijitauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/autMiAaPQMiAaPQMiAaPQBOOK9910298501203321The Global Digital Divides2546078UNINA