Dr. Robert D. Atkinson, President of the Information Technology & Innovation Foundation, and Dr. Jonathan Liebenau, Reader in Technology Management at the London School of Economics, assess the employment impact in the United Kingdom of investments in three ICT infrastructures: broadband networks, intelligent transportation systems, and the smart power grid. Dr. Atkinson and Dr. Liebenau find that these investments (1) contribute to significant immediate direct and indirect job growth in the UK economy; (2) create a network effect throughout the economy that creates additional jobs; and (3) provide a foundation for longer term benefits, including government cost savings, economy-wide productivity, and improved quality of life for all.
A copy of the report is available online at http://www.itif.org/files/digitalrecovery.pdf
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