The second twentieth century; how the information revolution shapes business, states, and nations.0817947426 The second twentieth century; how the information revolution shapes business, states, and nations. Rosa, JeanJacques. Hoover Institution The Hoover Institution on War, Revolution and Peace is a public policy think tank and library founded by Herbert Hoover at Stanford University, his alma mater. The Institution was founded in 1919 and over time has amassed a huge archive of documentation related to President Press 2006 390 pages $15.00 Paperback Hoover Institution Press publication; 547 HC59 For Rosa (economics and finance, Institut d'Etudes Politiques, France) the 20th century was part of a universal cycle of social organization characterized, until the late 1960s, by expansion of large corporate and state organizations and, later, by the fragmentation of these organizations. In seeking to determine the causal factors causal factor Medtalk A factor linked to the causation of a disease or health problem that drove this cycle, Rosa puts forward an economic theory of technology that suggests the growth in large organizations were the unintended consequences For the "Law of unintended consequences", see Unintended consequence Unintended Consequences is a novel by author John Ross, first published in 1996 by Accurate Press. of aggregate individuals reacting to the technological possibilities of their time. As technology changed, particularly information and communication technology, these forms of organization no longer made any sense and thus fragmented. He considers the consequence of this fragmentation for the (doomed) European Union European Union (EU), name given since the ratification (Nov., 1993) of the Treaty of European Union, or Maastricht Treaty, to the European Community , terrorism, secession secession, in art secession, in art, any of several associations of progressive artists, especially those in Munich, Berlin, and Vienna, who withdrew from the established academic societies or exhibitions. and regionalist movements, and other issues. ([c]20072005 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR) |
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