There are two tasks for DB01. Both are based on the following materials: • Reading Excerpt: Pages 235 to 244 (sections on "Patterns of Adoption of Information Technologies', 'The Global Transfer

of Knowledge about IT', and Politics and Infrastructure) of Cortada, J. W. (2013). How New Technologies Spread: Lessons from Computing Technologies. Technology and Culture, 54 (2), 229- 261. https://search.library.suss.edu.sg/permalink/65SUSS_INST/1g1lksm/cdi_proquest_mis cellaneous_1437965401 Video: Smart Nation Singapore (2022). Smart Nation CityScape. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7oH9xN4QoBs