Front Cover; Strategic Issues in Information Technology; Copyright Page; Table of Contents; List of Contributors; Introduction; The framework; Content of the book; Acknowledgements; PART I: Forecasting the Information Technology Evolution; Chapter 1. Information and Communications Technology: A Look at the Future; Past developments and future trends; Future information and communications systems; The impact of information technology on employment; The impact on cultural identity; International cooperation and technology transfer; The role of the Centre for Telecommunications Development.

ConclusionsChapter 2. The Future State of Information Technology: A Technological Assessment; Price/performance developments in basic technologies; The telecommunications industry; Programming software; Professional workstations/networking to databases and remote computers; Integration of four information media -- voice, text, data and image; Conclusions; PART II: The Limits of Policy Making in Information Technology; Chapter 3. International Decisions and National Decision Makers; Introduction; Motives for globalisation; The political dimension of globalisation.

Macro-economic effects of globalisationGovernments and globalisation; Business, governments and international cooperation; International diffusion of information technology; Chapter 4. International Cooperation and the Role of International Organisations; Introduction; The organisations involved; From an equipment focus to an issues focus; The process of international cooperation; Alternative approaches to international cooperation; Conclusion; References; PART III: International Competition and Collaboration in Information Technology.

Chapter 5. International Competitiveness: Implications for Europe, the US and JapanComparative competitiveness by sector; The lessons; Catch-up strategies; Chapter 6. The Dynamics of Competition in Information Technology; Introduction: factors driving competition; The role of governments; Strategic alliances and technological changes; Strategy and structure; Precompetitive cooperation among competitors; Summary and conclusions; Chapter 7. Strategic Alliances and the Government Decision Process; Motives for strategic alliances; Corporate strategy, strategic alliances and governments.

Decision makers and the spread of information technologiesPART IV: Information Technology and Developing Countries; Chapter 8. Information Technology as a Threat and an Opportunity; The options: development versus absorption; The desirability of introducing new technologies; China and the new technologies: related problems and countermeasures; Chapter 9. Information Technology and Developing Countries: Implications for Decision Makers; The progress of information and communications technology; Information and communications technology in the developing world.

Application of modern technology -- Indonesia's experience.