Using data from developing countries, this paper explores the nature and direction of the links between ICT diffusion and per capita income, trade and financial indicators, education, and freedom indicators. Internet hosts, Internet users, personal computers and mobile phones represent...

This study examines the level of ICT usage by small business in Nigeria. Empirical arguments indicate that small businesses in Nigeria have low levels of ICT usage within their business processes, which consequently limits their capacity to fully benefit from the opportunities which ICTs offer...

This paper analyses the role of old information and communication technologies (ICTs) in disseminating knowledge in Indian agriculture. Based on the National Sample Survey data, the paper has verified the diffusion of old ICTs among the farm households and its application in disseminating...

Korea is a top player in emerging digital technologies, with an outstanding digital infrastructure and a dynamic ICT sector. The COVID-19 outbreak highlighted the importance of digitalisation to contain the spread of the virus, by allowing quick testing and tracing of infected people, and...

This paper empirically investigates the role of mobile technology adoption on inclusive growth in 15 West African countries with a view to ascertaining if the positive role of mobile technology adoption on human development as established in other regions holds in West Africa. It used data from...

The process of technology diffusion is complex, and one should bear in mind that multiple elements may be claimed as its essential determinants. Insofar, voluminous theoretical and empirical literature has been issued where attempts of identification of the latter has been made. However, we...

This book tells a story about Information and Communication Technologies’ diffusion in 46 economically backward countries between 2000 and 2012, offering to the reader a fresh perspective on the issues discussed. It examines the spread of ICT from four broadly defined perspectives that...

The paper aims at a joint analysis of inter-firm and intra-firm diffusion of technology, taking as an example E-selling and E-purchasing. The analysis is based on an encompassing model of diffusion, drawn from the literature, which is extended by considering technology-specific obstacles and...

The paper aims at a joint analysis of inter-firm and intra-firm diffusion of technology, taking as an example E-selling and E-purchasing. The analysis is based on an encompassing model of diffusion, drawn from the literature, which is extended by considering technology-specific obstacles and...