Social and Economic Transformation in the Digital Era

Publisher Marketing: The advent of the Information Society is marked by the explosive penetration of information technologies in all aspects of life and by a related fundamental transformation in every form of the organization. Researchers, business people and policy makers have recognized the importance of addressing technological, economic and social impacts in conjunction. For example, the rise and fall of the dot-com hype depended a lot on the strength of the business model, on the technological capabilities available to firms and on the readiness of the society and economy at large sustain a new breed of business activity. However, it is notoriously difficult to examine the cross-impacts of social, economic and technological aspects of the Information Society. This kind of work requires multidisciplinary work and collaboration on a wide range of skills. This addresses this challenge by assembling the latest thinking of leading researchers and policy makers. The book covers all key subject areas of the Information Society an presents innovative business models, case studies, normative theories and social explanations. Contributor Bio:  Doukidis, Georgios For the last ten years, Professor Doukidis has led the ELTRUN Research Group (www.eltrun.aueb.gr) , one of the largetst and most innovative research and development gropus in e-Business in European Business Schools, with 35 researchers, three spin-offs and ten current European projects with more than 40 research and development gropus, woth more than $4 million and financed by the EU. The expertise of ELTRUN spans the whole ranges of new economy applications and services, from digital interactive television to knowlege management and from mobile commerce business models and strategies to employment studies in the Information Economy. Professor Doukidis has taught at the London School of Economics and since 1995 he has been a Visiting Professor at Brunel University in the UK and is currently Director of the Global eManagement MBA Program (GeM). Contributor Bio:  Mylonopoulos, Nikolaos Mylonopoulos is Assistant Professor of Information Systems at ALBA, Greece. Contributor Bio:  Pouloudi, Nancy Nancy Pouloudi is an expert in stakeholder analysis in the context of complex IT strategy making and implementation. She is currently workin gon devising relevant policies for the development of eBusiness in Europe, as part of two large European projects: SEED and CEBOS. Dr. Pouloudi holds a Ph. D. from the London School fo Economics. She also currently teaches at Brunel University, UK.