Trends in connectivity technologies and their socioeconomic impacts
Final report of the study: Policy Options for the Ubiquitous Internet Society
This report contains a review of technology trends underlying the future Internet Society. It assesses the possible future socio-economic impacts; as well as the changing business models that are likely to emerge in the next 5 to 10 years. The ultimate objective of the study is to make future policy recommendations for the successor programme to the current EU’s ICT strategy: the i2010 programme. The project involved trend analysis, econometric modelling, desk research, interviews, a survey, scenario development and gaming.
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- Copyright: RAND Corporation
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- Pages: 229
- Document Number: TR-776-EC
- Year: 2009
- Series: Technical Reports
Contents
Chapter One
Analysis of Technology Trends
Chapter Two
Projecting the future: Scenarios for tech trend development and impact assessment
Chapter Three
Impact Assessment: Economic, social, and business models
Chapter Four
Policy Implications of the Internet of X
Chapter Five
International policy comparison: US, Japan, Canada, and South Korea
Chapter Six
Recommendations: A policy framework for the Internet of X
Appendix A
Tech Trend Summary Tables
Appendix B
Identifying and mapping the scenario dimensions
Appendix C
Framework for analysis of Economic Impacts
Appendix D
Cases studies of policy frameworks in Japan, US, South Korea and the OECD
The research in this report was prepared for the DG Information Society and Media and conducted by RAND Europe.
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