Understanding the role of information communication and technology (ICT) in environmental issues stemming from extensive energy consumption and carbon dioxide emission in the process of economic development is worthwhile both from policy and scholarly fronts. Motivated on this premise, the study...

This study analyses the direct effects of information and communication technology (ICT) on environmental quality and its indirect effect through an interaction term with renewable energy consumption for 48 Sub-Saharan African (SSA) countries from 2005 to 2020. To this end, the study adopts...

Does outsourcing IT impact the breadth of a firm’s technological innovation? With the advent of cloud services, firms are licensing IT instead of developing it internally. Despite this growing trend, we know little about how early-stage resource acquisition decision affects technology...

In recent decades, information and communication technology (ICT) has been associated with far-reaching changes in the design of jobs. However, it still remains unclear whether these changes will lead to more centralization or more decentralization in firms. Previous literature on this debate...

One noticeable trend in a maturing Information Technology (IT) outsourcing industry is the growing interest from client firms to benefit from supplier-led innovations. Yet, IT outsourcing suppliers still find it challenging to shift their reputation from the competent provision of a low-end...

We examine the adverse impact of coronavirus disease (COVID-19) on the performance of more than 12,000 firms in 32 countries along several dimensions; namely, revenue, production, and labor outcomes. We find that the majority of firms experienced permanent or temporary closures, decreased sales...

Considering the various variables affecting the relationship between information and communication technology and GDP growth and the interaction and non-linear effects of these variables on each other, it is necessary to provide a model to predict the favorable or unfavorable effects of ICT...

Non-exposed space is defined relative to exposed space, and mostly refers to indoor or semi-indoor scenes, such as urban rail transit, tunnels, coal mines, factories, shopping malls, hospitals, etc. Navigation and location information are closely related to human production and life. No matter...