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Digital Infrastructure and Physical Proximity
Tranos, Emmanouil; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
Some 2000 years ago, the average annual distance a person would normally travel, was approximately 500 km. The action radius of most people remained rather stable, but it rose gradually after the industrial revolution to some 1820 km (by car, bus, railway or aircraft) in the year 1960. Then, a...
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Accessibility of Cities in the Digital Economy
Tranos, Emmanouil; Reggiani, Aura; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
the Internet are not equally spread around places and this heterogeneity affects spatial configuration. Despite the wide …
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Mobile Phone Data and Urban Analysis: An Exploratory Space – Time Study
Tranos, Emmanouil; Steenbruggen, John; Nijkamp, Peter - Tinbergen Instituut - 2013
This paper discusses the value that data from mobile phone providers can bring into urban analysis. The novel argument is that the pervasiveness of mobile phone telephony has transformed mobile phones from a communications device to a tool for socio-spatial research. Put simply, mobile phone...
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ICT and productivity in service industries in Colombia
Alderete, María; Gutiérrez, Luis - In: Lecturas de Economía (2012) 77, pp. 163-188
This paper analyzes the determinants of labor productivity in the services firms of Colombia. In particular, we examine the relation between information and communication technologies –ICT– (in terms of investment and use) and productivity. The study finds that ICT investment and use jointly...
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A Penny for your Thoughts: E-Mail and the Under-Valuation of Expert Time.
Willmore, C. - Department of Economics, University of Warwick - 1999
recommend that the tax revenue be divided between a regulating body and the e-mail recipient's Internet service provider. …
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Un nouveau regard sur l'industrie des services informatiques.
Carson, J. - Statistics Canada, Government of Canada - 2001
fournisseurs de service Internet (FSI). Les tendances importantes de l'industrie, les developements et les impacts y sont aussi …
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TIC y productividad en las industrias de servicios en Colombia
Gutiérrez, Luis; Alderete, María - UNIVERSIDAD DEL ROSARIO - 2012
Este trabajo analiza los determinantes de la productividad laboral en las empresas de servicios de Colombia. En particular se examina la relación entre las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación TIC (en términos de inversión y uso) y la productividad. El estudio encuentra que...
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THE STRATEGIC VALUE OF THE INTERNET BROADBAND SERVICE AND ITS IMPACT ON RURAL SMALL BUSINESSES: AN EMPIRICAL STUDY
PhD, Assoc. Prof. Gheorghe Militaru - In: Annals of University of Craiova - Economic Sciences Series 2 (2010) 38, pp. 10-10
This study investigates the strategic adoption of the Internet broadband and technology in locations with small density … of a project regarding the broadband Internet telecommunications services in Cluj district. The results show that: (1 …) almost 80% from interviewed people said that they use the Internet broadband services and only 8.4% of the questioned person …
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ICT Modernization in Central and Eastern Europe
Kubielas, Stanislaw; Olender-Skorek, Magdalena - Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library - 2014
The paper characterizes main trends in ICT implementation and diffusion in the CEE countries in terms of market volume, its dynamics, economic development and ICT trade integration within the EU market. This gives support to the hypothesis of gradual closing up of technology gap in ICT sector...
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TIC y productividad en las industrias de servicios en Colombia
Alderete, María Verónica; Gutiérrez, Luis Hernando - In: Lecturas de Economia (2012)
Resumen: Este trabajo analiza los determinantes de la productividad laboral en las empresas de servicios de Colombia. En particular, se examina la relación entre las tecnologías de la información y de la comunicación -TIC- (en términos de inversión y uso) y la productividad. El estudio...
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