00788nam a2200121Ia 450000500170000010000160001724500880003326000090012152004940013058300190062494200060064399900170064920260716043333.0  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  cA  c45138d45138