Category Archives: ICT skills

Apr 19 2013

Workshop summary: Fourth LSE Network Economy Forum 25 March 2013

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Posted in: convergence, digital economy, employment, Europe, ICT skills, innovation, internet, internet economics, internet governance, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, NEF, Patrik Karrberg, productivity, regulation, Research, Telecoms, Workshop briefing

The latest half-day workshop at London School of Economics was attended by 39 invited people who focused on the theme “Policies for a sustainable telecommunications and internet sector in Europe”. Participants included regulators, telecom operators, internet application firms, financial analysts, … Continue reading →

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Apr 16 2013

Book Review: Digital Cities: The Internet and the Geography of Opportunity

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Posted in: Book review, broadband, creative industry, digital cities, digital economy, ICT skills, innovation, internet economics, Zachary Spicer

In an age when the United Nations has declared access to the Internet a human right, and universal access to high-speed broadband is a goal for many countries, urban areas have been largely ignored by federal policy. The cost of … Continue reading →

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Mar 21 2013

Economics of cloud services in rapidly growing economies: the case of Turkey

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Posted in: broadband, Cloud computing, digital economy, employment, Europe, ICT, ICT skills, innovation, internet economics, Jonathan Liebenau, LSE Tech, Research

During the Annual National Informatics Congress in Ankara (Bilisim 2012), Jonathan Liebenau presented the results of a study conducted by LSE Tech on the labour market and general economic effects of cloud computing for Turkey.  The study is of particular … Continue reading →

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