This paper examines a large-scale randomized evaluation of the One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) program in 531 rural primary schools, as implemented by the Peruvian government starting in 2009. We use administrative and survey data on academic achievement and grade progression through 2019 to...

Sustainable entrepreneurship refers to the practice of creating and managing a business venture in a manner that is environmentally and socially responsible while still maintaining financial profitability. Social media has become essential for entrepreneurs to build and promote their businesses....

Objective: The aim of the article is to identify socio-economic factors influencing the diffusion of mobile technologies in Poland. Research Design & Methods: The phenomenon of diffusion of mobile innovations was modelled using Gompertz functions, which were estimated separately for each...

This chapter discusses methods and approaches for pursuing computational anthropology. We discuss how computational methods can be used in anthropological research to provide new approaches to data collection, such as from social media, as well as for new methods of analysis. Using two examples...

Behavioral design in smartphone apps aims at inducing certain, monetizable behavior, mainly increased engagement, measurable by usage time. Such design is rarely transparent and often restricts users' ability to make alternative choices. In a framed field experiment, we document that behavioral...