Japan and the Internet Revolution

Coates, K.; Holroyd, C.

Japan and the Internet Revolution challenges the portrait of Japan as a technologically slow-moving nation, lacking in creativity and entrepreneurial spirit. Overcoming the substantial barriers erected by the Japanese government to the introduction of the Internet, promoters and entrepreneurs managed to create a flexible and dynamic Internet society. From a slow start, Japan has emerged as the global leader in the mobile internet, the host of arguably the strongest nation-specific web-presence in the world, and a country determined to remain near the forefront of the digital revolution.

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Published by: Palgrave Macmillan

Publication Date: 2003-09-02

Format: Hardcover

ISBN-13: 9780333921531

DOI: 10.1057/9781403990075

Dimensions: 216cm x140cm

Pages: 202