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[RRE]Impacts of Economic Liberalization on IT Production and Use
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Date: Sun, 10 Oct 1999 16:16:54 -0500
From: Rob Kling
Call for Papers
Special section of The Information Society
"Impacts of Economic Liberalization on IT Production and Use"
Countries around the world have been liberalizing their economies for the past 10-20 years. These include former Eastern Bloc countries, and also countries such as China, India, Brazil and Mexico, who had previously maintained high trade barriers. While economists argue that liberalization increases economic efficiency, there is little research of the impacts of liberalization on specific economic sectors.
One sector which has seen a clear trend toward liberalization has been the IT industry. As countries have lowered barriers to trade and foreign investment, multinational computer companies have extended their production networks to many newly industrializing and developing countries around the world. Sometimes local companies have been the victims of foreign competition and other times they have become suppliers to foreign MNCs. Developing countries also have seen rapid growth in IT use, and more recently in Internet use, as prices have fallen and companies have invested in IT as a competitive tool.
This special section will analyze the impacts of liberalization on the IT sector in developing and transitional (former socialist) countries. Some of the issues that could be covered include:
1. the impacts of market liberalization on computer production, including the impacts on local companies and on the location and sourcing decisions of foreign multinationals.
2. the extent to which countries have become integrated into the global computer industry as a result of liberalization. This could involve becoming export platforms or supply bases for hardware production, but also could involve providing software and services (such as customer services) for foreign companies and markets.
3. the impact of liberalization on IT use, including the impacts on prices, on introduction of new technologies, on the entry of foreign companies with advanced information systems, and on IT use by local companies.
4. how different national industrial structures and capabilities can lead to different outcomes from liberalization.
5. whether different approaches to liberalization such as immediate versus gradual lead to different outcomes.
6. how government policies to promote IT production and use, or to enhance national capabilities, can lead to different results as countries liberalize.
The types of papers that will be considered include:
a. Country case studies
b. Comparative studies of two or more countries
or
c. Thematic papers covering issues such as those raised above
You can learn more about The Information Society (and instructions for authors) at: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS
Questions about your article and this special issue should be directed to the Special Issue's Guest Editor, Prof. Kenneth Kraemer at: kkraemer@uci.edu
Deadline: Manuscripts must be received by November 15, 1999, to be considered for review.
Length to be 25-30 pages. Four copies of each manuscript formatted for TIS should be sent to:
Kenneth L. Kraemer CRITO, Suite 3200 Berkeley Place University of California, Irvine Irvine, CA 92697
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Rob Kling http://www.slis.indiana.edu/kling The Information Society (journal) http://www.slis.indiana.edu/TIS Center for Social Informatics http://www.slis.indiana.edu/CSI Indiana University 1320 E 10th Street, Room 005C Bloomington, IN 47405-3907 812-855-9763 // Fax: 855-6166
Read & contribute to the .... Social Informatics Home Page --> http://www.slis.indiana.edu/SI a resource about research, teaching, conferences & journals
Read: "What is Social Informatics and Why Does it Matter?" D-Lib Magazine January 1999 Volume 5 Number 1 at http://www.dlib.org:80/dlib/january99/kling/01kling.html
You can learn about our Scholarly Communication & IT Project at: http://www.slis.indiana.edu/SCIT ```
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