We present a national-scale effort to use technology to promote political participation in an emerging democracy, South Africa. Analysis exploits randomization of incentives and messaging on a multi-channel digital platform to encourage voting, conduct opinion polling, and enable citizen...

In contrast to the traditional view, scholars have recently argued that contemporary state-owned enterprises (SOEs) in the 21 st century can be effective innovators. After an extensive literature review, we develop a hypothesis that the use of information and communication technology (ICT) has a...

We are entering a period of dynamic and fundamental change in the transportation and logistics industry. The communication and collaborative aspects of the Internet are changing the way firms develop their logistics strategies, processes and systems. Internet and digital technologies help...

Complex information technologies (CITs), such as ERP packages, have become the core component of modern organizations. Corporate investments in CITs have soared to a record high. Firms need to creatively apply the technologies in order to adapt to the ever-changing environments and realize the...

Using the implementation of the EDGAR system from 1993 to 1996 as a shock to information dissemination technologies, we examine the potential benefits and costs of modern information technologies on the real economy. On the one hand, we document that broader information dissemination leads to a...

The struggle to combat climate change remains complex and challenging. Currently, two climate change approaches, namely, mitigation and adaptation, have been widely supported. These are empirical, requiring further explanation of the main drivers of carbon emissions. This research seeks to...

The data made available by the digitisation of social life revolutionised the behaviour of financial amateurs that are investing in cryptocurrencies, created in the aftermath of the Blockchain revolution. The knowledge of others’ actions was always a preoccupation for investors in every market...

This study investigates how enhancing information and communication technology (ICT) affects female economic participation in sub-Saharan African nations. Three female economic participation indicators are used, namely female labor force participation, female unemployment and female employment...

This study examines the role of corruption, green energy, trade, innovation, natural resources, and ICT on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions in developing countries from 2000 to 2018 in developing economies. We use the Driscoll-Kraay Panel Corrected estimators to find out the direct and indirect...

We build a novel endogenous growth model with information carrier technology, in which knowledge may be lost in storage and dissemination. In the asymptotic balanced growth path equilibrium, we establish two main findings. First, the growth rate of information carrier technology and the...