The aim of this paper is twofold: first, we want to explore the intra-firm diffusion of information and communication technologies (ICT) within Tunisian firms and to characterize its general trends regarding adoption and usage. Second, we want to emphasize the rank and epidemic effects...

We investigate the existence of causal relationships between energy consumption and education (enrollment in primary secondary and higher education) for a sample of 16 African countries over the period 1971-2010 (according to availability of countries' data). We use the panel-data approach of...

This article investigates the relationships between Information Technologies (IT), new organizational practices and workers? contextual performance in the European context. Our empirical results are based on data about more than 11 000 employees from 16 European countries in 2005 and more...

The aim of this paper is to explore the relationship between the adoption of Information Technologies(IT) and the adoption of New Organizational Practices (NOP) in the context of an emerging country (Tunisia). Based on a face-to-face questionnaire administrated to a random sample of 175 Tunisian...

The analysis of the main determinants of intra-firm diffusion of digital technologies is becoming in the focus of attention. However, there is a lack of empirical research, particularly in Europe. This paper proposes a specific approach to modelling intra-firm diffusion process by combining the...

L'enseignement et, plus généralement, l'apprentissage de connaissances constituent un domaine important d'application des technologies de l'information et de la communication (TIC). Déjà largement pratiqué dans les entreprises et les administrations, le " e-learning " - nom donné à...

L'objet de cet article consiste à caractériser l'adoption et l'usage des principales Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication par les enseignants universitaires en France. À l'aide d'une enquête par Internet, nous avons sondé 615 enseignants sur leurs pratiques quotidiennes en...

Using a bootstrap panel analysis that allows for cross-country dependence, without requiring the use of pre-tests for a unit root, we study the causality links between energy use and employment for a sample of 16 African countries over the 1991-2010 period (according to availability of...

We make use of a bootstrap panel analysis of causality between energy use and economic growth for a sample of sixteen African countries over the period 1988-2010. Our results show that growth and energy use are strongly linked in Africa. However, African countries are heterogeneous and there is...