Quantitative studies of nascent entrepreneurs such as GEM and PSED are required to generate their samples by screening the adult population, usually by phone in developed economies. Phone survey research has recently been challenged by shifting patterns of ownership and response rates of...

The paper seeks to understand the nature of distributional consequences associated withmobile phones in Jamaica. By distributional consequences we are referring to the changesin the distribution of key aspects of social and personal development. Mobile phones area pervasive technology in almost...

Although marketers have a strong interest in finding ways to engage with consumers through mobile phones, the everyday experiential, or affective consumption practices surrounding this technology have received limited attention in the literature. To address this limitation, we used appraisal...