This is a detailed analysis of the information society prevalent in the European Union in 2004, the year in which 10 new member states joined the European Union. Based upon careful data collection and rigorous analysis, the book presents a benchmark study of the 10 new member states and 3 candidate countries of the European Union, compared to the 15 incumbent countries. The author ranks the 28 EU members and candidate countries according to their level of information society development. The results are of importance to all managers and companies doing business in the IT sector in the European Union.

Detailed analysis and ranking of 25 EU members and 3 candidate countries with respect to the development of their information societies Including key information and communications technology related data Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras

Autorentext
Dipl.-Ing. Dipak Dutta worked for many year at Mannesmannröhren-Werke AG (now: Vallourec & Mannesmann Tube GmbH) and chairman of CIDECT (Comite International pour le Developpement et l' tude de la Construction Tubulaire).

Inhalt
Chapters.- An Assessment of the Relative Level of Development of an Information Society in the Enlarged European Union.- Electronic Business in the European Union: An Assessment of the Digital Divide in Business.- The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide.- The Role of European Governments in the Digital Economy.- Value-Based Information Management in European ICT Strategies.- Finland A Prototypical Knowledge Economy?.- Data Analysis and Index Computation: Methodology.