Telecommunications Strategy for Economic Development / Edition 1

by Jan L. Youtie

Overview

Strategies linking the dynamic and changing world of telecommunication to local desires for economic growth are at the heart of this important book. In the age of information, grass roots political leaders have discovered telecommunications as they seek to boost local employment and community well-being. Taking the cases of Richardson, Texas, a Dallas suburb that has attracted over 50,000 high-tech jobs, city-state Singapore, which has successfully upgraded its telecommunications infrastructure to lure information-intensive companies, Atlanta, using the 1996 Olympics to advance its information-technology base, and others, the authors critically examine the successes and failures of each. Their conclusions will be invaluable to planners, politicians, and scholars who want to know whether and how advanced telecommunications infrastructure leads to accelerated economic development.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780275954154
Publisher:	Bloomsbury Academic
Publication date:	05/23/1996
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	184
Product dimensions:	6.14(w) x 9.21(h) x 0.44(d)
Lexile:	1460L (what's this?)

About the Author

WILLIAM H. READ is Southern Bell Professor of Communications Policy at Georgia Tech and has three decades of experience in the communications field as a scholar, attorney, and public servant./e In addition to his research and writing, he teaches graduate courses at Georgia Tech's School of Public Policy and School of Management, is a research affiliate with the Program on Information Resources Policy at Harvard University, and serves as co-chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the Federal Communication Bar Association.

JAN L. YOUTIE is a Senior Research Associate in the Economic Development Institute at Georgia Tech./e With more than twelve years of experience in both the public and private sector, her particular areas of expertise are economic development research, technology transfer, and policy assessment. Recently she has worked with the Georgia Center for Advanced Telecommunication Technology, the National Institute for Standards and Technology, and the Aspen Institute.

Table of Contents

Foreword by John Patrick Crecine
Information Superhighways
State Policies
Texas Telecom Corridor
High-Tech Singapore
Our Field of Dreams
Fully Fiber and All Digital Too
High-Tech Olympics
Winning with Telecommunications?
Appendix 1: Survey of State Regulations
Appendix 2: Directory, Texas Telecom Corridor
Appendix 3: Glossary
Bibliography
Index

Editorial Reviews

Scholars of communications policy and economic development (Georgia Tech) describe the decision-making process involved in the shift to the information economy, especially in terms of making telecommunications the first priority in development efforts. After reviewing the forms and impact of new information technology and state policies, they present case studies from the Texas Telecom Corridor, Singapore, New Jersey, the 1996 Olympics, and other contexts. Distributed in the US by Greenwood. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)

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