TY - BOOK AU - Cortada,James W. TI - How societies embrace information technology: lessons for management and the rest of us SN - 0470534982 (paperback) U1 - 303.4833 22 PY - 2009/// CY - [S.l.] PB - Wiley-IEEE Computer Society Pr KW - Information society KW - Information technology--Social aspects KW - Internet--Social aspects N1 - This book discusses how computers are shaping contemporary society, with a tight focus on the role of corporations and governments. It is aimed at government policymakers interested in economic development and at private-sector managers who routinely make decisions to acquire and use information technology, now a worldwide expenditure of over $2 trillion annually. The book will also interest a wide range of academics concerned with the sociology, history, economics, and the effects of IT on contemporary society, ands to the general trade market ER -