As the global online job market grows, digital microwork is seen by governments in developing countries as a way to reduce unemployment and increase forex earnings. The digital labor market is opening a path for people who have previously been economically excluded to earn an income and live...

Despite policy statements (such as the MDG [Millennium Development Goals], Sustainable Development Goals (SDG), and World Summit on the Information Society's (WSIS) and legal frameworks focusing gender equality in developing countries, the gender divide is still prevalent. Although there is a...

Illiterate populations (e.g. 30% of Sub Saharan Africa and Asia) are marginalized with very little or no policies and practices in place to include them in disaster communication. Illiteracy is also representative of poverty. It satisfies its inclusion as an indicator of vulnerability to...

Increased competition in telecommunications services in the past two decades has generated considerable benefits for Europe's citizens, consumers, industry and governments. More recently concern has grown regarding the relatively slow pace of 4G network deployment and fears that delays could be...

The Federal Communications Commission (“FCC”) has recognized that WiFi plays an increasingly important role as a competitor to the services offered by the mobile wireless industry, including when evaluating the state of competition in the mobile wireless marketplace. When reviewing proposed...

As one of the prominent areas of FinTech, mobile payment is increasingly accepted by more and more consumers. To investigate consumer mobile payment adoption behavior, we develop a Bayesian learning structural model using a rich data set from JD.com, the largest direct selling online retailer in...

Digitalization is one of the key drivers of accelerated change in our everyday lives, both on an economic and social level. With solutions enabled through ICT technologies, we are more connected than ever on the global scale. In this next chapter of globalization, we currently experience...

The recent changes that have taken place in various spheres of socio-economic life have been the result of the development of a new civilization era where knowledge becomes the most valuable resource. The emerging new knowledge-based economy model in which goods are understood as a special...

Despite the uncertainties of Brexit, London continues to be rated as a leading location in Europe and the world for business, knowledge, and talent. But 30 years ago, when London had no citywide government, a transport system in crisis, and no successful track record of continuous large-scale...