OECD Information Technology Outlook 2002

Information technology (IT) continues to be a major driver of economic change, restructuring businesses, affecting skills and employment, and contributing significantly to growth and wealth creation. This volume describes:

• Main trends in industries and businesses supplying IT goods and services.
• The impact of IT diffusion, and the growing importance of network effects.
• Recent market dynamics and globalisation of the ICT sector.
• The rapidly growing and evolving software sector.
• Growth in electronic commerce and barriers to expansion.
• Developments and mismatches in supply and demand for ICT skills, and potential remedies.
• Diffusion of ICTs and the digital divide among individuals, households and businesses.
• Technological developments that will affect the commercial exploitation and impacts of ICTs.
• IT policies in OECD countries, with emphasis on ICT skills and overcoming the digital divide.

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