While the worldwide spread of smartphones continues, developing countries have become important markets for these devices. Smartphones’ independence of landline networks qualifies them for communication and Internet access in rural areas of developing countries. Drawing upon rural Southeast...

This Article describes how the researcher defines the Area of Research, Identifies the Business Problem, Research Gaps, Theoretical Underpinning and Theoretical Gap, Aligns the Research Gaps with Theoretical Gap and Formulates the Research Problem, Research Questions, Research Objectives, Frames...

We develop a new concept of rural technology diffusion influenced by labor mobility and business relations. The technology gain effect of labor mobility increases technology diffusiveness, whereas the technology drain effect decreases it. The concept is applied to survey data from the Mekong...