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  • May 1999 (Revised July 1999)
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Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures

By: George C. Lodge and Cate Reavis
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Abstract

Examines the conflicts in international communications that result from changing technologies and divergent country policies toward developing infrastructures. Examines a number of different national information infrastructures (NIIs). Points of friction, such as different approaches to creating competition and the question of regulating content on the Internet, are discussed. Considers existing options to resolve friction, including multilateral and bilateral efforts. A rewritten version of an earlier note.

Keywords

Conflict Management; Infrastructure; Communication Technology; Cross-Cultural and Cross-Border Issues

Citation

Lodge, George C., and Cate Reavis. "Global Friction Among Information Infrastructures." Harvard Business School Background Note 799-152, May 1999. (Revised July 1999.)
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