information superhighways: technology, organization and economics

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Healthcare information technology and economics

At the 2011 American College of Medical Informatics (ACMI) Winter Symposium we studied the overlap between health IT and economics and what leading healthcare delivery organizations are achieving today using IT that might offer paths for the nation to follow for using health IT in healthcare reform. We recognized that health IT by itself can improve health value, but its main contribution to he...

Economics of Information Technology

This is an overview of economic phenomena that are critical for high-technology industries. Topics covered include personalization of products and prices, versioning, bundling, switching costs, lock-in, economies of scale, network effects, standards, and systems effects. Most of these phenomena are present in conventional industries, but they are particular important for technology-intensive in...

Selected Summary of Information Superhighways: The Economics of Advanced Public Communication Networks

Ultimately, the U.S. will have a universal broadband network (UBN). Egan addresses transitional problems in his recent book, Infonnation Superhighways. First, we need to know the extent to which consumers would value a UBN network. Who should bear the risks associated with massive infrastructure investments? Next, there are questions about whether demand-pull technological progress will be rapi...

Superhighways Technology: personnel factors leading to successful integration of information and communications technology in schools and colleges

The article examines the non-technical factors which successfully lead to an integration of information and communications technology (ICT) into the curriculum. Drawing upon evidence gathered through the United Kingdom Education Departments’ Superhighways Initiative, it argues that ICT represents a different and potentially transformative technology for schools and colleges. By comparing instit...

Technology driven strategy model in Research and Technology Organization

The purpose of this study was to provide a technology driven strategy model with an interpretive structure approach in the Petrochemical Research and Technology Company. The present study is descriptive, survey in terms of the nature of the research and applied in terms of purpose. By reviewing the research literature and expert opinion polls, 10 effective factors were identified along with the...