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The Internet has become an integral part of the everyday life of households, firms and governments. Its proper … Internet depends on its openness and the confidence of users. Designing policies that protect society while allowing for … Internet’s great economic potential to be fulfilled, is a difficult task. This paper investigates this challenge and takes …
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E-commerce -- an application of the Internet -- has expanded exponentially over the past 5 years and is widely expected … d’Internet -- s’est développé d’une manière exponentielle au cours des cinq dernières années et cette tendance devrait …
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covered include the recent growth resurgence in the United States, the potential importance of ICT and the Internet, and the … croissance aux États-Unis, l’importance potentielle des TIC et de l’Internet, et le rôle joué par la réallocation et la …
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The ‘sexual Internet’ is clearly a social space where multiple economies – commercial, political and libidinal – intersect. It is a phenomenon that requires exploration from multiple angles: economic, psychological and discursive. This essay highlights the multiple...
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Describes the development of labour market analysis as an alternative approach to manpower planning and reviews the current state of labour market data collection, analysis and dissemination in ten countries. Identifies good practice in the development and use of labour market information for...
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Reviews international best practice in the area of business development services (BDS) for small and medium-sized enterprises and assesses the potential for replication of some of the more promising approaches in Thailand. Includes the text of the ILO Recommendation concerning General Conditions...
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Exmines entrepreneurship support programmes in developed countries in order to work out recommendations for developing countries. Identifies constraints facing entrepreneurs and discusses the characteristics of a successful microenterprise. Investigates performance criteria used to evaluate good...
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This report gives a broad, though not exhaustive outline of the conditions of work of homeworkers in the TCF industries, highlighting their problems. It describes the role and importance of home work in these industries within the context of recent globalization trends and brings out the extreme...
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Explores the role of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in the development of small enterprises in developing countries. Considers the conditions that must be met: connectivity, security and legal framework, roles of the government and the private sector in developing...
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This paper studies the adoption of the new media by senior citizens, currently a more and more numerous and varied target group for Icts. The research focuses more specifically on the attitudes to and motivations for the use of digital technologies, with particular reference to the relational...
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