working papers nr 26 factors and impacts in the information society a prospective analysis candidate countries report on slovenia institute of macroeconomic development ljubljana january 2004 2 authors metka stare research fellow faculty social sciences rotija kmet advisor to government maja bu?ar 3 __________________________________________________________________________________________ disclaimer views expressed this are do not necessarily reflect those 4 preface present paper has been prepared basis country monograph that was part wider project aiming at studying study carried out by international center for economic growth european iceg ec consortium 11 other institutes as sub contractors technological