Le contre-choc de la « nouvelle économie ». Une étude de cas sur cinq pays de l'OCDE

Few things have been said about the aftermath of the « new economy » bust. This paper aims to add to the debate. It focuses on five OECD countries : the United States, Ireland, Finland, the Netherlands because they are leading ICT countries, and France as a national reference. For a better understanding of how each country has been performing since the Internet bubble burst, we first describe the importance of the ICT sector in these countries through a set of variables underlining the role of ICT in each economy. We then describe the timing and the nature of the downturn, insisting more on the United States because of its leading role. The ICT sector has been strongly hit and is still restructuring. But its growth potential is also still high.