The role of the city in the modem electronic age is rapidly changing. Cities are no longer closed islands of local opportunities, but are open nodal points in a global network environment. The Information and Communication Technology (ICT) has lifted the traditional physical - geographical...

This paper reports on the theoretical development and empirical validation of a measurement instrument for three core capabilities of IT departments. The instrument is based on the work of Feeny & Willcocks (1998) and includes the capabilities "IS/IT governance", "Business system thinking" and...

This paper is concerned with the identification of determinants that influence the use of business-to-consumer electronic markets. Since the widespread adoption of the Internet, these electronic markets are now commonplace and it becomes increasingly relevant to identify the factors that...

Online purchase behavior is definitely an interesting and relevant issue for marketeers today. In this paper, we report on a study into the antecedents of online purchase intention for B2C websites. In particular, this research juxtaposes two competing models that explain online purchase...

This paper offers a review of the scientific evidence regarding the relation between ICT and travel in general and ICT and commuting in particular. It focuses on the issue of teleworking at home and ignores other interesting phenomena as teleworking centers. The conclusions can be summarized as...

This paper discusses processes of technological change in the tile cluster in the village Karanggeneng in Central Java, Indonesia. A growing number of producers in this cluster have switched from traditional kiln to so-called handpress production. We will analyze the processes of innovation...

We begin by examining the Internet-based electronic market of books, CD's, cattle and flowers in an attempt to understand some prerequisites of electronic commerce. Books and CD's are near ideal goods to be bought via the Internet - their characteristics can be easily captured by electronic...

In this paper, we analyze some fundamental impacts of the process of informatization. In particular, we address socio-economic and spatial impacts and discuss possible consequences for policy. Our objective is to discuss issues concerning the desirability, necessity and possibility of government...