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Developments in Telecommunications

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Developments in Telecommunications

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Developments in Telecommunications book

Between Global and Local

Developments in Telecommunications

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Developments in Telecommunications book

Between Global and Local
Edited ByEdward Mozley Roche, Henry Bakis
Edition 1st Edition
First Published 1997
eBook Published 17 June 2019
Pub. Location London
Imprint Routledge
DOI https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461187
Pages 361
eBook ISBN 9780429461187
Subjects Social Sciences
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Roche, E.M., & Bakis, H. (Eds.). (1997). Developments in Telecommunications: Between Global and Local (1st ed.). Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780429461187

ABSTRACT

Published in 1997. Developments in information technology and telecommunications are giving new meaning to the concepts of space and time. In particular the concepts of "local" and "global" are starting to merge together even though they apparently represent entirely different scales. One example is "telework", also known as "telecommuting". Another is the rapid growth of outsourcing. These developments are based on new technologies such as multimedia, rapid improvements in storage technologies, and the information superhighway, including the Internet. The structure of the world's telecommunications industry is changing and, in addition, political and social autonomy is breaking down. The role of the nation state is challenged, as are the old avenues and levers of political power. Nation states have attempted to grab functional control over the emerging infrastructure, but they are ultimately unable to exert control over the flood of information surging around the world. There still remains a strong middle ground between local and global, dominated by multinational corporaions and governments.

TABLE OF CONTENTS

chapter |12 pages

Foreword: Cyberspace — the emerging nervous system of global society and its spatial functions

ByHenry Bakis, Edward Mozley Roche

part |2 pages

Global Perspectives

chapter 1|36 pages

From geospace to geocyberspace: territories and teleinteraction

ByHenry Bakis

chapter 2|24 pages

Integrating the local level into global reality: some areas may have an edge

ByPascal Gillon

chapter 3|42 pages

The geopolitical stakes of cyberspace

ByFédérick Douzet

part |2 pages

Regional Perspectives

chapter 4|40 pages

Information networks as an alternative to regional isolation: the Balearic Islands

ByJoana Maria Seguí Pons

chapter 5|18 pages

Technology innovation and regional competitiveness

ByCarmela Gargiulo, Rosa Anna La Rocca, Marialuce Stanganelli

chapter 6|18 pages

The role of local access networks in regional economic integration in Eastern Europe

ByMichael Berlage

chapter 7|14 pages

Regional competitiveness: why the Greater Bay Area needs to re-engineer its telecommunications infrastructure

ByEdward Mozley Roche

chapter 8|22 pages

Attracting information technology investment to Ireland’s branch plant economy

BySeamus Grimes

part |2 pages

Corporate Perspectives

chapter 9|22 pages

Information and communication technology in France’s modernization of city authorities

ByEmmanuel Eveno

chapter 10|28 pages

The uses of ICT in Swedish business: prerequisites for local and regional competitiveness

BySten Olaf David Lorentzon

chapter 11|20 pages

Firms, networks and territories: interaction in situations of co-presence and telepresence

ByYolande Combés, Christine Sammer

chapter 12|10 pages

Post offices in France: the dilemma of relocation

ByEric Blin, Yves Guermond
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