Europe enlarged its boundaries in 2004 with the accession of ten new member states to the European Union. Based upon data collection and analysis, this book presents a study of the 10 new member states and 3 candidate countries of the European Union as compared to the 15 countries with respect to the development of their information societies.
Formatted Contents Note
1. An assessment of the relative level of development of an information society in the enlarged European Union; 2. Electronic business in the European Union: an assessment of the digital divide in business; 3. The impact of ICT on social cohesion: looking beyond the digital divide; 4. The role of European governments in the digital economy; 5. Value-Based information management in European ICT strategies; 6. Finland - a prototypical knowledge economy? 7. Data analysis and index computation: methodology.