National Strategies to Harness Information Technology Seeking Transf
The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of competitiveness and sustainable growth. As countries engage in an increasingly competitive global economy, they are trying to weave ICT into their develop
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Nagy K. Hanna
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Peter T. Knight
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National Strategies to Harness Information Technology Seeking Transformation in Singapore, Finland, the Philippines, and South Africa
Editors Nagy K. Hanna Bethesda, MD, USA [email protected]
Peter T. Knight Arlington, VA, USA [email protected]
ISBN 978-1-4614-2085-9 e-ISBN 978-1-4614-2086-6 DOI 10.1007/978-1-4614-2086-6 Springer New York Dordrecht Heidelberg London Library of Congress Control Number: 2011942514 © Springer Science+Business Media, LLC 2012 All rights reserved. This work may not be translated or copied in whole or in part without the written permission of the publisher (Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 233 Spring Street, New York, NY 10013, USA), except for brief excerpts in connection with reviews or scholarly analysis. Use in connection with any form of information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed is forbidden. The use in this publication of trade names, trademarks, service marks, and similar terms, even if they are not identified as such, is not to be taken as an expression of opinion as to whether or not they are subject to proprietary rights. Printed on acid-free paper Springer is part of Springer Science+Business Media (www.springer.com)
Preface
This book aims to capture the experiences of countries in their journey toward e-transformation, and the strategic issues and choices they faced along their journey. From our own practice and observation of the aspirations and challenges of developing countries, we believe there are a lot of lessons to learn from sharing these experiences. They transcend the formal descriptions of national information and communications technologies (ICT) strategies. We attempt to capture the dynamics of formulating and implementing a strategy over a long time horizon, and to examine how some countries have learned to harness the ICT revolution, while others have been slow to adapt to a fast changing global economy. As a new field of development, with poorly understood strategic implications for countries and institutions, ICT-enabled development raises many issues for policy makers and researchers alike. Best practices are yet to be established or codified, failures not fully recognized or examined, and expectations far exceed results on the ground. Some speak of “next practices,” even before we have learned what are the best practices today, or what worked and what did not, and why, so we can confidently and reliably embark on developing next practices. We consistently asked ourselves and our coauthors: Why did some countries succeed in transforming their economies and enhancing their global competitiveness, with the help of ICT, while for others, ICT made no difference, even though almost all countries have expressed similar aspirations about ICT and formally a
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