Chapters in this book

1. Frontmatter i
2. Contents v
3. List of Tables vii
4. List of Figures x
5. Acknowledgements xii
6. List of Contributors xiii
7. Foreword xiv
8. INTRODUCTION
9. 1. The New Industrial Geography of East Asia under the Knowledge-based Economy 3
10. PART I. ICT Paving the Way to a Knowledge-based Economy
11. 2. ICT in KOREA 43
12. 3. Taiwan’s Transition from an Industrialising Economy to a Knowledge-based Economy 83
13. 4. The Internet Revolution in China Current Situation and Future Outlook 112
14. PART II. Nurturing Network-Readiness
15. 5. Linking Thai “Brick-and-Mortars” to the Global Network Economy 129
16. 6. Information Technology and E-commerce in the Philippine Economy 153
17. 7. Telecommunications and Information Technology Development in Indonesia 179
18. 8. Inequality, the Digital Divide, and International Collaboration in East Asia 217
19. PART III. Regionalisation of the Internet Economy
20. 9. The New Role of Hong Kong as a Regional Hub in an Emerging E-economy 231
21. 10. Singapore: A Regional Hub in ICT 259
22. 11. Impact of B2B E-commerce on Japanese Corporate Networks in East Asia 299