"ICT plays an important role in facilitating the modernization and improved economic performance of firms in transition countries. ICT in itself is often insufficient for improving economic performance. Rather, a range of complementary factors are required, e.g., organizational change and new market
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ing strategies. ICT use among firms in transition countries is primarily geared towards improved production and transaction processes, e.g., organizational change and improved marketing, rather than the development of new or improved products. There are significant sectoral differences in the role and scope of ICT use. The greater the information intensity of production and transaction processes, the greater the scope for applying and using ICT. Promoting the application and use of ICT for improved economic performance requires policies tailored to the individual sectors of the economy." (Key findings, page 3)
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"This book presents a network analysis of media ownership dependencies in ten Central and Eastern European countries. In addition to a detailed description of the media landscapes in the Czech Republic, Estonia, Romania and Slovenia it furthermore gives an overview of news agencies operating in thes
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e countries. The publication is the final report of the research project "Media markets in Central and Eastern Europe - Chances of and threats against media pluralism in Europe" carried out at Danube University Krems (Austria)." (Publisher description)
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"Covering 23 countries, the volume highlights and explains key issues of debate and current tendencies in media policy and provides basic statistics relating to each case study. The chapters are written by an expert from the country concerned. Most of these are members of the Euromedia Research Grou
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p, a research collective that has been active for more than 20 years and has produced a series of assessments of media policy developments in Europe." (Publisher description)
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