Showing 1 - 10 of 12
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
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005835407
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005836454
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 …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005585481
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005616794
practices employing the internet. In contrast to previous examinations that have looked at highest income countries, we study …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011123514
accommodations and internet usage. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011108205
This paper discusses how antitrust law and regulatory rules should be applied to network industries. In assessing the application of antitrust in network industries, we analyze a number of relevant features of network industries and the way in which antitrust law and regulatory rules can affect...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622709
the emergence and decline of the telecom bubble, the impact on pricing of digitization and the emergence of Internet …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005622742
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...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005787174