>A CALL FOR CONTRIBUTIONS
>
>ECOLOGY OF THE NEW ECONOMY
>Sustainable Transformation of Global Information, Communication, and
>Electronics Industries
>
>
>Greenleaf Publishing invites contributions for a new book on 'Ecology of
>the
>New Economy: Sustainable Transformation of Global Technology,
>Communication,
>and Electronics Industries', to be edited by Jacob Park and Nigel Roome.
>
>
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>Background: Issues and Questions
>
>A 'revolution' is taking place in the development of global information and
>communication technologies. Case in point: in slightly more than a decade,
>the World Wide Web has gone from an idea of an obscure English scientist to
>a consumer-oriented technology system with an expected one billion users,
>including 700 million people outside the US, by 2005. The technologies that
>enable this to happen are advancing rapidly and this is provoking new
>companies as well as a series of new alliances between companies.
>
>The growth has been so rapid and unexpected that little research and
>analysis has yet been done on what impact this transformation has had or
>will have on the ability of companies to meet the global sustainability
>challenge.
>
>As environmental strategy has traditionally been portrayed in terms of risk
>cutting and resource efficiency, there is a danger that critical business
>issues such as information technology R&D and e-commerce development are
>examined separately and away from the wider sustainable business
>perspective.
>
>An important objective of the book is to explore, document and raise
>awareness of sustainability concerns arising from the emerging global
>information economy. The information economy is defined in the broadest
>sense possible, including software, hardware, telecommunication -
>traditional and wireless - and advanced communication technologies.
>
>Some key issues and questions that will be examined in the book include:
>
>* Case studies of how and to what degree sustainability concerns are being
>integrated into the business model of electronic, telecommunication, and
>.com firms
>
>* The relationship between the diffusion of information and communication
>technologies and the energy and resource intensity of companies
>
>* The role of information and communication technologies in the shaping of
>policies for sustainability, its impacts on sustainable or unsustainable
>lifestyles and its implications for the interaction between companies and
>other actors
>
>* Corporations and the global digital divide
>
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>Schedule
>
>Abstracts of 250 words - preferably as e-mail attachments - should be sent
>to Jacob Park (E-mail: [log in to unmask]), while selected
>contributors whose abstracts meet the objectives of this project will be
>invited to submit their papers by the dates shown below.
>
>Contributors' guidelines can be found on the website of Greenleaf
>Publishing
>(http://www.greenleaf-publishing.com) or by e-mailing Greenleaf Publishing
>at [log in to unmask] The edited book is expected to be
>published in autumn 2001.
>
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>* Abstract submission deadline: 15 December 2000
>* Contributors informed of their abstracts' acceptance: 2 January 2001
>* Full-paper submissions: 28 February 2001
>* Revision requests sent to contributors: 15 April 2001
>* Final-papers deadline: 31 May 2001
>
>
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>Project Organisers and Editors
>
>Jacob Park is a Washington, DC-based research scholar in the Harrison
>Program on the Future Global Agenda, University of Maryland, and a socially
>responsible investment research consultant specialising in Japanese and
>Asian equities for a London-based fund management company.
>
>Nigel Roome is Professor, Sustainable Enterprises and Transformation at
>Erasmus University, Rotterdam (Netherlands), and the Chair of the
>Information and Communication Industries Focus Group, Industrial
>Transformation Project, International Human Dimensions Programme on Global
>Environment Change.
>
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>For Further Information
>
>Prospective authors are encouraged to contact Jacob Park (e-mail:
>[log in to unmask], Tel: +1 202 285 6568, and Fax: +1 815 361
>1865)
>for additional information and/or to discuss ideas for contributions.
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