<p><br/>Yutaka Kurihara<br/>Aichi University, Japan<br/>Sadayoshi Takaya<br/>Kansai University, Japan<br/>Hisashi Harui<br/>Kwansei Gakuin University, Japan<br/>Hiroshi Kamae<br/>Hitotsubashi University, Japan</p><p>Information science reference<br/>Hershey • New York</p><p>Contents<br/>Section I<br/>Towards Sustainable and Permanent Economic Growth<br/>Section II<br/>Domestic and Global Markets in the IT Age<br/>Section III<br/>Innovative Engineering in IT<br/>Section IV<br/>Socioeconomic Development in the IT Age<br/></p>