To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...

"Access to new information and communication technologies (ICT) remains extremely unequally distributed across and within societies. While there have been a good deal of popular discussions about this "digital divide", not much is known about the quantitative significance of its various...

Der Anteil der Personen in Deutschland, die das Internet nutzen, nimmt stetig zu, vor allem durch eine häufigere Internetnutzung bei den Älteren. Immerhin jede/r Siebte ab 14 Jahren ist jedoch "offline", darunter vor allem ältere Personen, und damit einhergehend Personen mit geringer formaler...

Die Digitalisierung innerhalb der Wohnung nimmt fortwährend zu, vor allem auch durch vernetzte "Dinge" des "Internet of Things". Für die kommenden Jahre wird von einer noch stärkeren Verbreitung vernetzter Haushaltsgeräte, Unterhaltungstechnik und Alltagshelfer in Haushalten ausgegangen....

To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness),...

How do evaluative practices become natural and ubiquitous in an organization? In this paper we integrate findings from previous empirical work on the adoption of evaluative practices in organizations with insights from institutional theory and social psychology research for advancing the...

Published findings of opinion polls are an important part of the political coverage before elections. Thus, researchers have long investigated whether the perceived popularity of political parties can lead to even more voters following this majority. However, empirical findings on this so-called...

Das Buch behandelt Probleme des Regierens in gestressten Gesellschaften. Es geht einmal um das Phänomen der Krise, das bisher vor allem aus der Warte eines effektiven Krisenmanagements behandelt wurde, während es – wie hier gefordert – der Entwicklung einer umfassenden ganzheitlichen...

The report underpins the discussion of applications of information and communications technologies (ICTs) in the welfare sector. Greater use of ICTs is embedded in the Europa 2020 growth strategy which sees the availability of broadband access as a prerequisite for the use of such services....

A review of literature indicates that most approaches emphasize bridging the digital divide, an approach focused solely on material gaps. However, the digital divide is perhaps the last of many, preceded by social, educational, economic, knowledge, and motivational divides. This stems from an...