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In this paper we present a counterfactual evaluation of the effect of ICT resources at school on student achievements … conducted in Italy. In 2009 156 classes at 6th grade were endowed with additional resources earmarked for purchasing ICT … causal effect of ICT on student achievements, controlling for their initial level. Despite a significant financial investment …
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The importance of soft skills, both for the learning process and employment, is well outlined in a number of documents …
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learning activities using ICT. In the current research, the focus is on the use of Web 2.0 tools by students. Although the …, formal teaching is gradually replaced by open and virtual learning environments, which have made interactive learning … environments and user-generated content a prominent issue. It seems obvious that these phenomena and their use in learning are …
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Web 2.0 offers great tools for building better customer relationships, improving employees' productivity, and cutting costs. Results of different international research showed that many companies recognize the benefits of Web 2.0 technologies and use it in everyday business. But what is the...
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In the paper the authors are challenging the human capital in agriculture issues and its ability to ensure development and reduce poverty, bringing such way better quality of life for the entire people. They are also discussing the role of high educational system - the causes of inefficiency and...
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One important incentive for a regional, decentralised university- and college structure is that higher education institutions should supply the local labour markets with sufficient high-educated labour. Local and regional recruitment to studies is expected to increase the probability that...
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This study aims to investigate the short-run and long-run relationship between economic variables and the unemployment rate in South Asian countries. A panel vector error correction model is used to establish the long-run and the short-run relationship between the unemployment rate and the...
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We study the relationship between ICT, total factor productivity and export at the firm level in Belgium, France and … the Netherlands. In particular, we look at whether ICT has both a direct effect on export and an indirect effect via … differences in the effects of ICT on export between the three countries. …
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Digitization-related services and applications are based on the information and communications technology (ICT … actual climate relevance of the ICT ecosystem by providing sound empirical evidence on the net effect of various ICT core … connections. In contrast, other elements of the ICT ecosystem, such as mobile broadband networks or electronic end-user devices …
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We develop a unifying framework to investigate the effects of firms’ internet presence on productivity and market structure. Using information on website adoption as an indicator of online trading, we treat the decision of entering an e-commerce market equivalent to the decision of entering a...
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