2000
DOI: 10.1080/13876980008412649
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Europe and the information society: Problems and challenges for supranational intervention

Abstract: This article proposes that European intervention for the enhancement of the information society is legitimate and appropriate but, despite recent improvements, very difficult to design and implement. Intervention has taken three forms:1. European-wide deregulation and liberalization of public procurement, to stimulate competition and specialization; 2. R&D incentives, which have improved European capabilities and given academic research a chance to take off in poorer regions but which have also favored oligopo… Show more

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“…First, because the internet moves at 'lightning speed' and the EU operates under 'rules devised when computers ran on vacuum tubes and were the size of school buses' (Winneker 2001, see also Coss 2001, it is far from surprising that the EU often has trouble establishing an orderly regime (Dearnly and Feather 2001: 76). From this experience policy-makers learned that policy instruments for the e-Europe initiative need to be flexible enough to adapt to new developments with regard to information technologies (Dearnly and Feather 2001: 38;McLauchlin 2005;Tavistock Institute et al 2005: 33;Tsipouri 2000). The empirical findings indicate that various elements of the OMC are not sufficiently flexible in this respect.…”
Section: The Development Of the Infrastructure Of The Omc E-europementioning
confidence: 91%
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“…First, because the internet moves at 'lightning speed' and the EU operates under 'rules devised when computers ran on vacuum tubes and were the size of school buses' (Winneker 2001, see also Coss 2001, it is far from surprising that the EU often has trouble establishing an orderly regime (Dearnly and Feather 2001: 76). From this experience policy-makers learned that policy instruments for the e-Europe initiative need to be flexible enough to adapt to new developments with regard to information technologies (Dearnly and Feather 2001: 38;McLauchlin 2005;Tavistock Institute et al 2005: 33;Tsipouri 2000). The empirical findings indicate that various elements of the OMC are not sufficiently flexible in this respect.…”
Section: The Development Of the Infrastructure Of The Omc E-europementioning
confidence: 91%
“…However, member states recognise that they lack knowledge on new developments such as e-commerce, broadband penetration, public services on the internet, and the appropriate skills level of the population. Moreover, it is an open question whether EU regulation, public-private co-regulation or no regulation at all is the most appropriate approach to maximise the benefits of the internet (Tsipouri 2000;Werle 2002: 152). In sum, when no one knows the right approach, the only thing that stands is 'consensus on the need to learn from each others policy practices' (Tavistock Institute et al 2005: 34).…”
Section: An Incentive To Act On the Eu Levelmentioning
confidence: 99%
“…Machlup also made a serious attempt to describe informat ion society in the US by investigating production and distribution of knowledge [2]. Similar studies were found in Eu rope by studying a shift fro m goods-based society to informat ion-based society [3]. Earlier literature show no clear definit ion for the term "info rmation society" [1], [4][5][6].…”
Section: Introductionmentioning
confidence: 98%