ICTs in Developing Countries: Research, Practices and Policy Implications
β Scribed by Bidit Dey, Karim Sorour, Raffaele Filieri (eds.)
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan UK
- Year
- 2016
- Tongue
- English
- Leaves
- 203
- Category
- Library
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β¦ Table of Contents
Front Matter....Pages i-xx
Front Matter....Pages 1-1
A Critical Review of the ICT for Development Research....Pages 3-23
Structurational Explication of Technology Adoption in ICT4D: A Throwback to Giddens....Pages 25-38
Front Matter....Pages 39-39
Impacts of Information and Communication Technology Implementation on Regulated Financial Services: The Case of Swaziland....Pages 41-58
How Young Chinese Consumers Choose among Different Smartphone Brands: The Importance of Socio-cultural and Marketing Factors....Pages 59-73
Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange through Community Currency in an Alternate Economy....Pages 75-96
Appropriation of Mobile Telephony at the Bottom of the Pyramid....Pages 97-110
Political Microblogging: A Case Study of Twitter in the βShahbag Movementβ....Pages 111-128
Development and Use of Open Source Software in India....Pages 129-137
Front Matter....Pages 139-139
Effects of ICT Development on Economic Growth in Emerging Asian Countries....Pages 141-159
Digital Divide, Digital Ethics, and E-government....Pages 161-169
Enabling Better Port Governance in Developing Countries: The Role of Information Technology....Pages 171-189
Back Matter....Pages 191-191
β¦ Subjects
Business Strategy/Leadership; Development Economics; International Business; Corporate Governance; The Computer Industry; Communications Engineering, Networks
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