The Information Society in an Enlarged Europe

Introduction 1(4) Part 1: Chapters 5(200) 1 An Assessment of the Relative Level of Development of an Information Society in the Enlarged European Union 7(38) S. DUTTA AND A. JAIN 2 Electronic Business in the European Union: An Assessment of the Digital Divide in Business 45(30) H. SELHOFER AND G. KARAGEORGOS 3 The Impact of ICT on Social Cohesion: Looking Beyond the Digital Divide 75(50) T. HÜSING, K. GAREIS AND W.B. KORTE 4 The Role of European Governments in the Digital Economy 125(26) A. DE MEYER 5 Value-Based Information Management in European ICT Strategies 151(12) K. BENDER, J. HOERAUF AND G. RICHTER 6 Finland – A Prototypical Knowledge Economy? 163(32) P. ROUVINEN AND P. YLÄ-NTTILA 7 Data Analysis and Index Computation: Methodology 195(10) A. JAIN Part 2: Country Tables 205(40) A. New Member and Candidate Countries 205(22) B. EU-15 Countries 227(18) Part 3: Data Tables 245(40) Authors' Biographies 285