The Economics of Communication and Information

by Donald M. Lamberton

Overview

As economic activity has become more information-intensive and ideas about the information society have been canvassed widely, information technology has overshadowed thinking about the role of communication and information. In the advanced economies investment in information-handling equipment has grown rapidly in importance and almost throughout the world telecommunications facilities are advocated as the leading edge of development.

This wide-ranging collection charts the responses of the economics discipline to these changes, initially slowly but with gathering pace, as communication and information have moved from the sidelines to centre stage.

This book will be an indispensible reference source by all those in the economics community, those interested in information science, library studies and communication.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781858982946
Publisher:	Edward Elgar Publishing
Publication date:	01/07/1997
Series:	The International Library of Critical Writings in Economics series , #70
Pages:	592
Product dimensions:	6.62(w) x 9.62(h) x (d)

About the Author

Edited by the late Donald M. Lamberton, formerly Griffith University, Australia

Table of Contents

Contents: Acknowledgements Introduction Part I: Overview Part II: Information, Organization and Efficiency Part III: Macrorealities Part IV: Management and Technology Part V: International Aspects Part VI: Information Policy Part VII: Selected Classics Part VIII: New Directions Part IX: Bibliography Index

Editorial Reviews

A collection of 31 reprinted articles written from 1962 to 1991, charting the responses of economists to information technology in the advancement of economic development. The contributors consider topics in the areas of information and organizational efficiency, the macrorealities of the information economy including credit and currency issues, management and technology in corporate innovations, the development of information policy, particular concerns relating to international information, and the new directions in techno-economics including changing notions of investment theory and modern manufacturing. Lacks an index. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, Or.

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