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Does the internet generate economic growth, international trade, or both?

Meijers, Huub - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2012

Recent cross country panel data studies find a positive impact of internet use on economic growth and a positive impact … of internet use on trade. The present study challenges the first finding by showing that internet use does not explain … highly correlated with internet use and the findings in the literature that internet use causes trade is confirmed here …

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Determinants of E-business Adoption: Evidence from Firms in India, Nigeria, Uganda

Oyelaran-Oyeyinka, Banji; Lal, Kaushalesh - United Nations University-Maastricht Economic Research … - 2004

In this paper we employ firm-level data collected in three countries to analyze factors determining the adoption of internal e-business technologies in developing countries. The main objectives of the study are: identification of clusters based on technology adopted, classify firms in each...

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Implications of Web 2.0 for financial institutions: Be a driver, not a passenger

Heng, Stefan; Meyer, Thomas; Stobbe, Antje - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

Web 2.0 heralds a new era of communication with a massive increase in information supply and where news, opinion and services flow directly from user to user. Financial institutions can take advantage if they stay abreast of this development. However, any Web 2.0 presence of a financial...

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Energy Power, Digital Infrastructure and Elearning Platforms: Afrrican Experience.

NWAOBI, GODWIN - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Information and communication technologies are one of the most pervasive technologies in the world, second only to 'human intelligence' or the human brain. Thus, understanding the factors that determine the diffusion of new technologies across african countries is important to understanding the...

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Media industry facing biggest upheaval since Gutenberg. Media consumers morphing into media makers

Heng, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

The advance of innovative information and communication technologies has triggered a fundamental upheaval in the media industry. The technology is reforming the conventional media model. The media mix will become more varied; interactive and personalised offers are taking root and finding their...

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Internet Kiosks in Rural India: What Influences Success?

Kendall, Jake; Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2007

-Logue, a franchise of over 1000 locally-owned, Internet kiosks in rural villages in India. We seek to assess how this new …

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Blogs and the Economics of Reciprocal Attention

Gaudeul, Alexia; Mathieu, Laurence; Peroni, Chiara - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

Blogs differ from other media in that authors are usually not remunerated and inscribe themselves in communities of similarly minded individuals. Bloggers value reciprocal attention, interaction with other bloggers and information from reading other blogs; they value being read but also writing...

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ICTs and rural development in India

Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

This monograph compares the methodologies and progress of the different existing models of information and communication technology (ICT) use for broad-based development and economic growth in India. It will examine the role of complementary reforms in government administration and policies. The...

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Connecting People With Disabilities: ICT Opportunities for All

Ali, Muhammad - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008

This essay won 1st prize in a nationwide essay competition organized by Pakistan Telecommunication Authority on World Telecommunication and Information Society Day 2008. Theme of the Year was "Connecting People with Disabilitie: ICT Opportunities for All" The Prize was given by Prime Minister of...

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RFID chips: Future technology on everyone’s lips

Heng, Stefan - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2006

Radio frequency identification (RFID) is considered a technology of the future, but RFID chips have long established themselves in our everyday lives. RFID systems combine the physical world of a product with the virtual world of digital data. Projects based on RFID far transcend simply...

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