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Toward the digital water age: Survey and case studies of Australian water utility smart-metering programs
Beal, C.D.; Flynn, J. - In: Utilities Policy 32 (2015) C, pp. 29-37
The role of ‘smart metering’ in demand management, customer service, labor optimization, and operational efficiency is becoming increasingly recognized by Australasian water utilities. The objectives of this paper are to provide a summary of the 2013 and 2014 surveys and in-depth interviews...
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Access to Technology and the Transfer Function of Community Colleges: Evidence from a Field Experiment
Fairlie, Robert W.; Grunberg, Samantha H. - Institute for the Study of Labor (IZA) - 2013
colleges for low-income community college students. This paper explores the role that access to information technology, in …
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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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Has ICT Polarized Skill Demand? Evidence from Eleven Countries over Twenty-Five Years
Michaels, Guy; Natraj, Ashwini; Reenen, John Van - In: The Review of Economics and Statistics 96 (2014) 1, pp. 60-77
We test the hypothesis that information and communication technologies (ICT) polarize labor markets by increasing … on the United States, Japan, and nine European countries from 1980 to 2004, we find that industries with faster ICT … growth shifted demand from middle-educated workers to highly educated workers, consistent with ICT-based polarization. Trade …
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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...
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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: Country Case Studies for the PRC, India, Indonesia, and Kazakhstan
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB); … - 2014
This report presents the case studies of the People’s Republic of China, India, Indonesia and Kazakhstan in their knowledge-based economy approaches. It identifies a range of policies and initiatives that these economies need to consider to strengthen innovation led growth and make a...
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Innovative Asia: Advancing the Knowledge-Based Economy: The Next Policy Agenda
Asian Development Bank; Asian Development Bank (ADB) - 2014
tap new technology trends to move up global value chains and towards high-income levels. …
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Has Trend Productivity Growth Increased in Canada?
Robidoux, Benoît; Wong, Bing-Sun - In: International Productivity Monitor 6 (2003) Spring, pp. 47-55
Trend productivity growth is a crucial determinant of future living standards as well as fiscal balances. In this article, Benoit Robidoux and Bing-Sun Wong from Finance Canada examine the issue of whether trend productivity growth has increased in Canada and conclude that in fact it has. If...
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The Roots of the New Economy: An Institutional Perspective
Petit, Pascal - In: International Productivity Monitor 4 (2002) Spring, pp. 39-54
The factors behind the emergence of the New Economy are still poorly understood. In this article, Pascal Petit from CEPREMAP and CNRS in France provides an institutional perspective on the developmental phases or roots of this New Economy. He analyzes the structural, institutional and...
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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 employed as possible solutions to the triad of...
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