E-Transformation: Enabling New Development Strategies (Hardcover)

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• Publisher: Springer
• Number of Pages: 400
• ISBN: 1441911847
• WAPI (Tower ID): 113673659
• Release Date: November 16, 2009
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Could information and communication technology (ICT) become the transformative tool for a new style of global development? Could ICT promote knowledge-based, innovation-driven, and smart, adaptive, participatory development? The ability to harness Information Communication Technologies (ICTs) is increasingly at the heart of national competitiveness and sustainable development. As countries seek a way out of the present period of economic contraction, they are trying to weave ICT into their development strategies, in the same way enterprises have learned to use ICT to transform their business models and strategies. This integration offers a new path to development that is responsive to the challenges of our times.

In e-Transformation, Nagy Hanna identifies the key ingredients for the strategic integration of ICT into national development, with examples from many countries around the world. He draws on his rich experience of over 35 years at the World Bank and other aid agencies in over 40 countries as an ICT policy expert to outline the strategic options involved in using ICT to maximize developmental impacta "transforming government institutions and public services, networking businesses for innovation and competitiveness, and empowering communities for social inclusion and poverty reduction. He identifies the key interdependencies in e-transformation and offers a holistic framework to tap network effects and synergies across all elements of the process, including leadership, cyber policies, institutions, human resources, technological competencies, information infrastructure, and ICT uses for government, business, and society.

Integrating analytical insights and practical applications across the fields of economic development, public administration, entrepreneurship, and technology management, the author candidly argues that e-transformation, like all bold ideas, faces many implementation challenges. Many developing countries have experienced significant aspiration-reality gap. This gap needs to be understood and systematically addressed, if ICT-enabled innovation and transformation is to become a development practice. E-transformation is not primarily about developing detailed planning documents

or conducting exhaustive analyses of e-readiness. It is first and foremost about thinking

strategically and creatively about the fundamental options made possible by the

information technology revolution in the context of globalization. The author provides

tools and best practices about nurturing innovation, selecting entry points, prioritizing

among competing demands, and sequencing and scaling up, and outlines the roles of all participantsa "political, managerial, entrepreneurial, social and technicala "whose leadership is essential for successful innovation.

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