[Joel]

Joel West’s
Research on the Internet

Joel’s research on telecommunications considers both adoption and production strategies by firms, as well as policies to promote and support adoption and use. See also his more general work on ICT standards and wireless communications.

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Papers

Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Back to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” in Brian Kahin and Ernest J. Wilson III, eds., National Information Infrastructure Initiatives: Vision and Policy Design, Cambridge, Mass.: MIT Press, 1997.

Joel West, “Utopianism and National Competitiveness in Technology Rhetoric: The Case of Japan’s Information Infrastructure,” The Information Society, 12, 3 (July 1996): 251-272.

Kenneth L. Kraemer, Jason Dedrick, Kuk-Hwan Jeong, John Leslie King, Thierry Vedel, Joel West and Poh-Kam Wong, “National Information Infrastructure: A Cross-country Comparison,” Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 2 (1996): 81-93.

Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Reconciling Vision and Reality in Japan’s NII Policy,” Information Infrastructure and Policy, 5, 1 (1996): 15-39.

Reports

Joel West, “Building Japan’s Information Superhighway,” Japan Policy Research Institute, Working Paper No. 7, February 1995.

Conference Presentations

Joel West, Jason Dedrick and Kenneth L. Kraemer, “Back to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” National and International Initiative in Information Infrastructure conference, Harvard University, Jan. 1996.

Joel West, “Building the Information Superhighway: Japan’s Reaction to U.S.,” Association of Japanese Business Studies annual meeting, Ann Arbor, Mich., June 1995.

Invited Presentations

“Back to the Future: Japan’s NII Plans,” RAND Corporation, Santa Monica, Calif. (Aug. 8, 1996). “Building the Information Superhighway: Japan’s Reaction to the U.S.,” UCSD Graduate School of International Relations and Pacific Studies (Oct. 4, 1995).