Theoretical approaches concerning information economy

Abstract

Some achievements of the World economy attained between 1996 and 2000 determined many economists to speak about a “new economy” – ”information economy”. They identified that the rules of the game played by the economic agents had changed as a result of the introduction of new technologies. This article purposes the analysis of theoretical concepts of the information economy. Studying these concepts allows one to easily explain the nature of changes in the economic activity at micro-, macro- and mondo- levels.