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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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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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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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computer and Internet penetration have identified income, telecommunications infrastructure, and regulatory quality as key …, through organizational innovations that provide low cost Internet access in developing countries, within the existing levels … Internet use. The situations in which data was collected were ones where computer and Internet access was being provided by a …
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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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practices employing the internet. In contrast to previous examinations that have looked at highest income countries, we study …
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accommodations and internet usage. …
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While some broadband providers have called Internet content and application providers free riders on their … infrastructure, this is incorrect and misguided. End-users pay for their residential broadband providers for access to the Internet … broadband providers’ ISPs in order to reach their customers. This feature of the Internet has been one key factor that has …
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telephone companies or cable operators) and instead are likely to act as a complement. Nor will competition in the Internet … lower prices being charged to residential Internet subscribers. This is true under a robust set of assumptions. Despite some …
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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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