panel of respondents, either to an Internet or in-person interview mode. Our design is better able than previous mode …With the current growth in broadband penetration, Internet is likely to be the data collection mode of choice for … between modes. Mean WTP is somewhat higher in the interview sample, though we cannot reject equality on the 10 percent level …

This paper analyzes the process of Internet diffusion across the world using a panel of 199 countries during the time … interval 1990-2004. We group countries in two categories, low and high income countries, and show that the Internet diffusion … “catching up” process, although a very slow one. We next explore the determinants of Internet diffusion at the country level and …

The present analysis looks at how scientists use the Internet for informal scientific communication. It investigates … the relationship between several explanatory variables and Internet use for social communication, information retrieval …-based analyses. In particular, it corroborated a positive relationship between scientific productivity and Internet use. Furthermore …

Does the Internet provide a failsafe against media consolidation in the wake of an easing of media ownership rules …? This paper posits a model of news outlet selection on the Internet in which consumers experience cognitive costs that …, dispersion of consumer visitation across outlets inevitably declines. Consequently, independent Internet outlets may fail to …

processes: The diffusion of new information and communication technologies, especially Internet Technologies, on the shop floor …. Applications of Internet Technologies may be directly implemented on the shop floor, e.g. in networking dislocated assembly lines … Internet Technologies on the shop floor. However, from a business management perspective, industrial firms have to accomplish …