LIRNE partner & Oxford ICT book
Four professors from the London School of Economics, a LIRNE.NET partner, collaborated in the recently released book The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies. The handbook is about the many challenges presented by ICTs. It sets out an intellectual agenda that examines the implications of ICTs for individuals, organizations, democracy, and the economy.
Edited by Robin Mansell, Professor of New Media and the Internet, London School of Economics and Political Science, Chrisanthi Avgerou, Professor of Information Systems, London School of Economics, Danny Quah, Professor of Economics, London School of Economics and Political Science and Roger Silverstone, Professor of Media and Communications, London School of Economics and Political Science.
William H. Melody’s chapter, Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies, examines some of the generic developments and key characteristics of evolving twenty-first century new knowledge economies that are becoming evident, their implications for market development, and the important issues they are raising for government policy and regulation relating to market governance in the new economy.
Download a prepublication version of Markets and Policies in New Knowledge Economies
More information on the Oxford University Press website on how to order The Oxford Handbook of Information and Communication Technologies.


