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Technological changes are "the main engine of capitalism and evolution" (A. Toffler), "the fundamental driving force in transformation of an economy" (C. Freeman). The paper proposes a theoretical investigation of information and communication technologies evolution and their impact on the...
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The information and communication technology evolution is affecting many nations around the world and forcing changes to business and socio‐economic development plans, and reflecting major implications on the realization of the concept of globalization. Egypt, as a developing country with an...
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individuals. This study aims to find out the relation between mobile technology and its effects on face- to- face communications … on both the quality and the quantity of face-to-face communications. The study concludes that mobile use by individuals … has reduced the time they spend engaging in face-to-face communications with each other because of the time spent on the …
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The article addresses the lack of focus, in the literature on work and communications technology, on the role played by …
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We explore the implementation and development of information technology at Jackson Hewitt Tax Service, the second largest tax service in the nation. We discuss the problems the company faced over the period 1990‐1993, including a period of high growth and critical dependence on technology to...
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The Electronics and Business Equipment Association has published a guide, Making IT Work , to creating the right environment for information technology: it is summarised here. The guide is important to any business newly adopting IT, or about to expand its systems, and is directed to the need to...
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While the physical paths that goods traverse are being simplified, the capture, storage, processing and dissemination of information associated with logistics has become considerably more complex. Logistics researchers need to better understand the behavioral and managerial issues created by...
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