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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005260034
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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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005789725
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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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005790263
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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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Transaction Costs, Information Technology and Development
Singh, Nirvikar - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
This paper examines the impact of transaction costs on economic welfare and development. We extend the static model of Romer (1994), in which transaction costs reduce welfare by the reducing the equilibrium number of intermediate goods, and estimate the welfare losses in the case of domestic...
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Internet network externalities
Cooper, Russel; Madden, Gary G - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2008
Abstract: A driving force behind the emergence of the ‘new’ or information economy is the growth of the internet … paper is to find the magnitude of the external effect on internet network growth. In addition, this paper illustrates the … ability of the panel data to generate estimates of structural parameters capable of explaining internet host growth. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622200
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Global e-commerce and african participation:a critical assessment
Nwaobi, Godwin - Volkswirtschaftliche Fakultät, … - 2012
have been shown to adversely affect market performance in african countries; the internet(by virtue of its relatively low …
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