00712nam a2200085Ia 4500100001600000245008800016260000900104520049400113583001900607  aHANNA, Nagy  aInformation technology policies in industrial countries: a shift towards diffusion.  c1995  aNotes that OECD governments view information technology as a key technology, and have developed a variety of national policies and joint public-private programmes to maximize IT diffusion in private industries and services.  Here diffusion involves the development of technical change-generating capabilities to adapt a 'given' technology to fit particular conditions of use in a widening range of situations, and to continuously improve the adopted technology beyond the investment phase.  c3/7/00kM2LMGR