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Promoting Information and Communication Technology in ADB Operations
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
Rapid advances in information and communication technology (ICT) continue to create tremendous opportunities for economic and social gains in the world’s poorest areas. A key infrastructure of knowledgebased economies. ICT is a driving force for rapidly growing new sectors. The Strategy 2020...
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Girls in Science and Technology Education: A Study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Nepal
Koirala, Dr. Vidya Nath; Acharya, Dr. Susan - eSocialSciences - 2010
This paper is a study on Access, Participation, and Performance of Girls in Science and Technology in Nepal. This study …, identify stakeholders’ perspective towards girls’ access to and participation in Science and Technology Education (STE …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10008493858
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Mobile Phone and Internet Consumers Rights Compliance in Romania
Iacovoiu, Viorela; Stancu, Adrian; Bucur, Crina Raluca - In: The AMFITEATRU ECONOMIC journal 16 (2014) 36, pp. 501-501
This study highlights the extent to which rights of mobile phone and internet consumers are respected by the most important operators in Romania, namely Orange, Vodafone and Cosmote, in the context of accelerated technological changes on a highly competitive market. The research is focused on...
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Blue sky thinking meets green field usability: Can mobile internet software engineering bridge the rural divide?
Morgan, Andrew; Dix, Alan; Phillips, Mike; House, Chris - In: Local Economy 29 (2014) 6-7, pp. 750-761
users on the margins of connectivity, this paper discusses difficulties of mobile internet access in Wales and recommends …
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From the wired to wireless generation? Investigating teens’ Internet use through the mobile phone
Lin, Wan-Ying; Zhang, Xinzhi; Jung, Joo-Young; Kim, … - In: Telecommunications Policy 37 (2013) 8, pp. 651-661
Scholars have an enduring interest in investigating whether a new medium displaces or complements existing media whenever a new medium is introduced to the society. In this study, it is sought to investigate the extent to which the mobile phone would replace or reinforce teens’ traditional...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010943108
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Characteristics and mobile Internet use intensity of consumers with different types of advanced handsets: An exploratory empirical study of iPhone, Android and other web-enabled mo...
Gerpott, Torsten J.; Thomas, Sandra; Weichert, Michael - In: Telecommunications Policy 37 (2013) 4, pp. 357-371
This work explores personal characteristics and mobile Internet (MI) use behaviors of consumers equipped with four distinct types of advanced handsets for accessing the Internet via cellular radio infrastructures of mobile network operators (MNO). Furthermore, it investigates the extent to which...
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Empirical Evaluation of Fair Use Flat Rate Strategies for Mobile Internet
Fritz, Marcel; Schlereth, Christian; Figge, Stefan - In: Business & Information Systems Engineering 3 (2011) 5, pp. 269-277
flat rates it allows unlimited usage at a fixed monthly fee. Contrary to classical flat rates it limits the access speed … recommendations. Classical flat rates do not allow profitable provisioning of mobile Internet access. Instead, operators should apply …
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Mobile Marketing
Dominika, Hovančáková - In: Studia Commercialia Bratislavensia 4 (2011) 14, pp. 211-225
In addition to traditional communication tools, new tools of marketing communication are currently coming into use. Mass-media and marketing communication is an important factor that may considerably influence economic development. In this these I will introduce some of them also in line with...
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From upgrade to uptake: The effect of mobile internet infrastructure on usage of local online services
Mang, Constantin - International Telecommunications Society (ITS) - 2013
This paper provides evidence that superior mobile Internet infrastructure increases take-up of location-based online services. Using data from the largest German online platform for restaurant reviews, I find that upgrading the 2G network to 3G increases the number of restaurant reviews and the...
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Mobile and more productive? Firm-level evidence on the productivity effects of mobile internet use at the early stage of diffusion
Bertschek, Irene; Niebel, Thomas - Zentrum für Europäische Wirtschaftsforschung (ZEW) - 2013
Mobile internet access allows for flexibility with respect to working time and working place. We analyse whether … employees' use of mobile internet access improves firms' labour productivity. Our data set comprises 2460 German firms and … analysis shows that firms' labour productivity significantly increases with the share of employees with mobile internet access …
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