The ecology of the new economy : sustainable transformation of global information, communications and electronics industries / contributing editors, Jacob Park and Nigel Roome
pt. 1. Sustainability challenges and implications of a global information economy -- pt. 2. E-business strategies for a sustainable world -- pt. 3. Old-economy concerns in a new-economy world
Summary
A 'revolution' is taking place in the development of global information and communications technologies. In slightly more than a decade, the World Wide Web has gone from the idea of an obscure English scientist to a consumer-oriented technology system with an expected one billion users by 2005. The technologies that enable this to happen are advancing rapidly, which is leading to both an unprecedented number of start-up companies and a host of innovative new alliances between companies. As environmental strategy has traditionally been portrayed in terms of risk cutting and resource efficiency, there is a danger that critical business issues such as information technology, R & D and e-commerce development are examined in isolation from the wider sustainable business perspective. An important objective of the book is to explore, document and raise awareness of sustainability concerns arising from the emerging global information economy
