Developments in Telecommunications : Between Global and Local Book

	About the Authors
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	Foreword: Cyberspace - The Emerging Nervous System of Global Society and its Spatial Functions	1
Pt. 1	Global Perspectives
1	From Geospace to Geocyberspace: Territories and Teleinteraction	15
2	Integrating the Local Level into Global Reality: Some Areas May Have an Edge	51
3	The Geopolitical Stakes of Cyberspace	75
Pt. 2	Regional Perspectives
4	Information Networks as an Alternative to Regional Isolation: The Balearic Islands	119
5	Technology Innovation and Regional Competitiveness	159
6	The Role of Local Access Networks in Regional Economic Integration in Eastern Europe	177
7	Regional Competitiveness: Why the Greater Bay Area Needs to Re-engineer its Telecommunications Infrastructure	195
8	Attracting Information Technology Investment to Ireland's Branch Plant Economy	209
Pt. 3	Corporate Perspectives
9	Information and Communication Technology in France's Modernization of City Authorities	233
10	The Uses of ICT in Swedish Business: Prerequisites for Local and Regional Competitiveness	255
11	Firms, Networks and Territories: Interaction in Situations of Co-presence and Telepresence	283
12	Post Offices in France: The Dilemma of Relocation	303
	Appendix	313
	Acronyms List	315
	References	317