The Rise of The Network Society - Volume 1

List of Figures
List of Tables
Preface to the 2010 Edition
Acknowledgements 2000
Acknowledgements 1996
Prologue: The Net and The Self
Technology, Society, and Historical Change
Informationalism, Industrialism, Capitalism, Statism: Modes of Development and Modes of Production
Informationalism and Capitalist Perestroyka
The Self in The Informational Society
A Word on Method

1 The Information Technology Revolution:
Which Revolution?
Lessons From The Industrial Revolution
The Historical Sequence of The Information Technology Revolution
Micro-Engineering Macro Changes: Electronics and Information
The Creation of The Internet
Network Technologies and Pervasive Computing
The 1970s Technological Divide
Technologies of Life
Social Context and The Dynamics of Technological Change
Models, Actors, and Sites of The Information Technology Revolution
The Information Technology Paradigm

2 The New Economy: Informationalism, Globalization, Networking:
Productivity, Competitiveness, and The Informational Economy
The Productivity Enigma
Is Knowledge-Based Productivity Specific To The Informational Economy?
Informationalism and Capitalism, Productivity and Profitability
The Historical Specificity of Informationalism
The Global Economy: Structure, Dynamics, and Genesis
Global Financial Markets
Globalization of markets for Goods and Services: Growth and Transformation of International Trade
Globalization Versus Regionalization
The Internationalization of Production: Multinational Corporations and International Production Networks
Informational Production and Selective Globalization of Science and Technology
Global Labour
The Geometry of the Global Economy: Segments and Networks
The Political Economy of Globalization: Capitalist Restructuring, Information Technology, and State Policies
The New Economy

3 The Network Enterprise: The Culture, Institutions, and Organizations of The Informational Economy:
Organizational Trajectories in The Restructuring of Capitalism and in The Transition From Industrialism to Informationalism
From Mass Production to Flexible Production
Small Business and The Crisis of The Large Corporation: Myth and Reality
"Toyotism": Management-Worker Cooperation, Multifunctional Labor, Total Quality Control, and Reduction of Uncertainty
Interfirm Networking
Corporate Strategic Alliances
The Horizontal Corporation and Global Business Networks
The Crisis of The Vertical Corporation Model and The Rise of Business Networks
Networking the Networks: The Cisco Model
Information Technology and The Network Enterprise
Culture, Institutions, and Economic Organization: East Asian Business Networks
A Typology of East Asian Business Networks
Japan
Korea
China
Culture, Organizations and Institutions: Asian Business Networks and The Developmental State
Multinational Enterprises, Transnational Corporations, and International Networks
The Spirit of Informationalism