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Privatization in China: Technology and Gender in the Manufacturing Sector
Ural Marchand, Beyza; Dammert, Ana C. - Department of Economics, University of Alberta - 2013
technology intensities. Using a comprehensive firm-level survey, the paper identifies gender wage-productivity differentials by … workers in low technology industries. Time varying coefficient results suggest that the improvements in gender outcomes in …This paper examines the impact of privatization on gender discrimination in China across firms with different …
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Evaluación del Programa "Una Laptop por Niño" en Perú: Resultados y Perspectivas Title: Evaluation of the "Una Laptop por Niño" Program in Peru: Results and Perspectives
Santiago, Ana; Cueto, Santiago; Thompson, Jennelle; … - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011
themselves. The use of technologies in education is not a magic and rapid solution through which educational problems and …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010674019
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Making Connections: Children, Technology, and the National Grid for Learning
Moran-Ellis, Jo; Cooper, Geoff - In: Sociological Research Online 5 (2000) 3
superhighway'. This paper presents a textual analysis of CtLS which examines the ways in which technology and the child are … parallel with this, its treatment of technology is schematic and articulated with and in terms of 'the future'. The …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005767189
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Academic achievement, technology and race: Experimental evidence
Fairlie, Robert W. - In: Economics of Education Review 31 (2012) 5, pp. 663-679
known about whether disparities in access to technology are partly responsible. Data from the first-ever field experiment … involving the random provision of free computers to low-income community college students for home use are used to explore … whether home computers are beneficial to minority students. I find that minority students receiving free computers achieved …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010594759
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Overcoming a Standard Bearer: Challenges to NEC's Personal Computer in Japan
Methe, David Thomas - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 1998
In this paper we examine the process by which a standard bearer loses its leading position in a market. We put forth a framework of four factors needed to overturn existing standard bearers, including superior price/performance competition in the context of network externalities, the ability of...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005784043
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A Tale of Two PC Industries: Technology, Environment and Managerial Action In Shaping the Japanese and US Personal Computer Industry
Methe, David Thomas - Research Institute for Economics and Business … - 1998
examine the interplay of board institutional factors, technology and firm capabilities and managerial actions. We find that …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10005650753
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Exploring the role of technology, tourism and financial development: an empirical study of Vietnam
Kumar, Ronald - In: Quality & Quantity: International Journal of Methodology 48 (2014) 5, pp. 2881-2898
tourism, information and communications technology (ICT) and financial development over the last three decades largely … paper, we explore the short-run and long-run effects of tourism, ICT and financial development over the period 1980 … statistically significant effect in the short-run whereas ICT and financial development have a momentous positive and significant …
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Information and Communication Technologies for Women Entrepreneurs: Prospects and Potential In Azerbaijan, Kazakhstan, the Kyrgyz Republic, and Uzbekistan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
In a fast-paced world where information, resources, and markets are within reach with a swipe of a finger, access to information and communication technologies (ICTs) is essential to business development and growth. This study assesses the need for and use of ICTs by women entrepreneurs in...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011272881
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Investing in Educational Technologies: The Challenge of Reconciling Institutional Strategies, Faculty Goals, and Student Expectations
Harley, Diane - Center for Studies in Higher Education, UC Berkeley - 2002
The Higher Education in the Digital Age Project (HEDA) is concerned with the policy implications of information and … communication technologies (ICTs) for higher education. This paper specifically analyzes some of the ways in which ICTs are being …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010538091
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Impact of ICT on trade in different technology groups: analysis and implications
Yushkova, Evgeniya - In: International Economics and Economic Policy 11 (2014) 1, pp. 165-177
The link between ICT use and trade flows has been widely discussed in the literature. It has been argued that the use … of ICT contributes to the fall of trade costs. The analysis presented identifies the role of a specific ICT variable … different technology groups of products, from high-tech to low-tech. The relationship between the use of Internet and trade in …
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