Ebook: Information, Innovation and Impacts

Information, Innovation and Impacts - a joint project between the Program of Research in International Management and Economy (PRIME) at the University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada - brings together economic, social and statistical views of the impacts of the innovative uses of information. It examines the costs as well as the benefits of rapidly expanding availability of data, of information, and of codified knowledge, and it provides suggestions for future work and research. This project fits into an on-going research program at Statistics Canada to develop indicators for science and technology (S&T) in a more coherent manner, and it fits into the research program of PRIME to better understand the dynamics of innovation in an information economy. Together, Statistics Canada and PRIME strive to tell the story of the activities in S&T systems, their interactions, and the outcomes as actors go about the generation, transmission, or mediation of knowledge, information, and of data, as part of the effective functioning of the system.

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Information, Innovation and Impacts - a joint project between the Program of Research in International Management and Economy (PRIME) at the University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada - brings together economic, social and statistical views of the impacts of the innovative uses of information. It examines the costs as well as the benefits of rapidly expanding availability of data, of information, and of codified knowledge, and it provides suggestions for future work and research. This project fits into an on-going research program at Statistics Canada to develop indicators for science and technology (S&T) in a more coherent manner, and it fits into the research program of PRIME to better understand the dynamics of innovation in an information economy. Together, Statistics Canada and PRIME strive to tell the story of the activities in S&T systems, their interactions, and the outcomes as actors go about the generation, transmission, or mediation of knowledge, information, and of data, as part of the effective functioning of the system.

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Information, Innovation and Impacts - a joint project between the Program of Research in International Management and Economy (PRIME) at the University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada - brings together economic, social and statistical views of the impacts of the innovative uses of information. It examines the costs as well as the benefits of rapidly expanding availability of data, of information, and of codified knowledge, and it provides suggestions for future work and research. This project fits into an on-going research program at Statistics Canada to develop indicators for science and technology (S&T) in a more coherent manner, and it fits into the research program of PRIME to better understand the dynamics of innovation in an information economy. Together, Statistics Canada and PRIME strive to tell the story of the activities in S&T systems, their interactions, and the outcomes as actors go about the generation, transmission, or mediation of knowledge, information, and of data, as part of the effective functioning of the system.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Informational Innovations and Their Impacts....Pages 5-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Interactivity and Intangibility....Pages 37-64
Learning Firms....Pages 65-86
Organising for Information and Innovation....Pages 87-108
Capturing the Elusive Social Impacts of Technology....Pages 109-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Digital Households in Canada....Pages 125-151
The Use of the Internet and Electronic Commerce in the Canadian Banking and Insurance Industry....Pages 153-170
Innovation, Information Technologies and Human Capital in the German Service Sector....Pages 171-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Impact of the Information Revolution on the Global Corporation....Pages 195-220
Privacy, Property and Policy....Pages 221-237
Canadian Telelearning Experiences....Pages 239-254
The Productivity Paradox....Pages 255-271
Empowering Information and Networks through Adaptive Public Policies....Pages 273-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Conclusions....Pages 293-300
Back Matter....Pages 301-341

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Information, Innovation and Impacts - a joint project between the Program of Research in International Management and Economy (PRIME) at the University of Ottawa and Statistics Canada - brings together economic, social and statistical views of the impacts of the innovative uses of information. It examines the costs as well as the benefits of rapidly expanding availability of data, of information, and of codified knowledge, and it provides suggestions for future work and research. This project fits into an on-going research program at Statistics Canada to develop indicators for science and technology (S&T) in a more coherent manner, and it fits into the research program of PRIME to better understand the dynamics of innovation in an information economy. Together, Statistics Canada and PRIME strive to tell the story of the activities in S&T systems, their interactions, and the outcomes as actors go about the generation, transmission, or mediation of knowledge, information, and of data, as part of the effective functioning of the system.
Content:
Front Matter....Pages i-xiii
Front Matter....Pages 3-3
Informational Innovations and Their Impacts....Pages 5-34
Front Matter....Pages 35-35
Interactivity and Intangibility....Pages 37-64
Learning Firms....Pages 65-86
Organising for Information and Innovation....Pages 87-108
Capturing the Elusive Social Impacts of Technology....Pages 109-121
Front Matter....Pages 123-123
Digital Households in Canada....Pages 125-151
The Use of the Internet and Electronic Commerce in the Canadian Banking and Insurance Industry....Pages 153-170
Innovation, Information Technologies and Human Capital in the German Service Sector....Pages 171-192
Front Matter....Pages 193-193
The Impact of the Information Revolution on the Global Corporation....Pages 195-220
Privacy, Property and Policy....Pages 221-237
Canadian Telelearning Experiences....Pages 239-254
The Productivity Paradox....Pages 255-271
Empowering Information and Networks through Adaptive Public Policies....Pages 273-289
Front Matter....Pages 291-291
Conclusions....Pages 293-300
Back Matter....Pages 301-341
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