Information and communications technology (ICT) has potential to complement information sharing bureaus (ISB) (private credit bureaus (PCB) and public credit registries (PCR)) in lessening information asymmetry (IA) to enhance financial development. Using ICT as the transition variable, this...

This study is an analysis of how a set of factors influenced the decision to adopt information and communication technologies (ICTs) in small businesses in Colombia; for this purpose, a logistic modeling is applied, wherein the explained variable represents the companies' decision to adopt ICTs....

Despite substantial innovations in Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) that could benefit non‐governmental organizations (NGOs), NGOs are not using ICT yet to their full potential – especially compared to the ICT use in the private sector. Such behavior appears counterintuitive...

In diesem Beitrag geht es um eine Betrachtung der Arbeitssituation, insbesondere der Arbeitsanforderungen und Ressourcen, von Basisarbeitenden. Dabei wird differenziert zwischen Basisarbeitenden, die immer oder häufig Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologien (IKT) im Arbeitsalltag nutzen...

Purpose There has been an avalanche of global natural disasters in recent times. In recent years approximately 210 million people were affected, an estimated economic cost of US$153bn was incurred and 68,000 deaths were recorded. This was a work up call that made it imperative for humanitarian...