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Information Society and Economy

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In the previous chapter we discussed how the shape of an organisation is affected by its environment. In the normal sense of the term used within the Information Systems area, environment means the competitive marketplace. In this chapter we broaden the meaning of this term to include the way in which information and information systems are affecting societies and economies.

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Beynon-Davies, P. (1998). Information Society and Economy. In: Information Systems Development. Macmillan Computer Science Series. Palgrave, London. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-349-14931-5_4

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