00788nam a2200121Ia 4500 20260716043333.0 HANNA, Nagy Information technology policies in industrial countries: a shift towards diffusion. 1995 Notes 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. 3/7/00 M2LMGR A 45138 45138