Volume 18 Issue 1 (2000)
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Institutional Amnesia: A Paradox of the ‘Information Age’?
It is one of the paradoxes of our age that, while new information technologies have provided us with the ability to store, retrieve, manipulate and communicate more data, faster than…
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From Innovation Systems to Knowledge Systems
This paper seeks to provide an understanding of knowledge creation and dissemination through an exploration and analysis of knowledge systems. It begins with a brief review of the systems of…
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The Global Alliance for Vaccines and Immunization – A Millennial Challenge
As the new millennium dawns, a number of factors have conspired to make the outlook for global immunisation truly promising. These include private philanthropy aiming to raise immunisation rates in…
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The Nature and Functions of Meta-tags: Covert Infringement of Trademarks and Other Issues
Meta-tags are one of the ‘associational tools’ considered essential to the operation of the World Wide Web. Their significance has been highlighted by recent controversies in the United States which…
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Digital Songlines: The Use of Modern Communication Technology by an Aboriginal Community in Remote Australia
In the mid-1980s the AUSSAT satellite brought television and radio to remote Australia for the first time. There was concern amongst Aboriginal communities that the imposition of mass media without…
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IT Investment Strategy for Development: An ‘Instrumental Analysis’ Based on the Tasmanian and New Brunswick Information Technology Strategies
In April 1997, Tasmania (Australia) adopted the reputably successful New Brunswick (Canada) industrial strategy to build an information technology (IT) industry of significance. The strategy aims to overcome isolation in…