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Technology readiness, internet self-efficacy and computing experience of professional accounting students

In: Campus-Wide Information Systems 25 (2008) 1, pp. 18-29

Purpose – This study aims to assess the state of technology readiness of professional accounting students in Malaysia, to examine their level of internet self-efficacy, to assess their prior computing experience, and to explore if they are satisfied with the professional course that they are...

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The distinct effects of information technologies and communication technologies on the age-skill composition of labour demand

Blanas, Sotiris - 2019

This paper is the first to study the distinct effects of Information Technologies (IT) and Communication Technologies (CT) on the skill, age, and age-skill composition of labour demand. The analysis is conducted on a sample comprising 10 developed countries, 30 industries covering the largest...

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Is technological change really skills-biased? Firm-level evidence of the complementarities between ICT and workers' education

Bolli, Thomas; Pusterla, Filippo - 2019

This paper extends and refines the concept of ICT-driven skills-biased technological change by disentangling the effects of information technologies (IT) and communication technologies (CT). Guided by the theory that IT and CT differently affect firms' production processes, we investigate the...

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Capital, state, empire: The new American way of digital warfare

Timcke, Scott - 2017

The United States presents the greatest source of global geo-political violence and instability. Guided by the radical political economy tradition, this book offers an analysis of the USA's historical impulse to weaponize communication technologies. Scott Timcke explores the foundations of this...

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Developing Communication Technologies and Transaction Costs: A Note

Todorova, Tamara - 1999

The paper discusses the role of communication technologies in reducing the costs of using market exchange. It analyzes the comparative effect of new technologies on transactions which take place within and outside the firm using Coase’s postulate of the size of the firm. Technologically...

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An analysis of Google entry and positioning in Unified Communications for the business customers market

Vialle, Pierr - 2012

. The business communications market has been deeply transformed by technological and product convergence, due to the … convergence offerings under the name of Unified Communications, and allowed the entry of data communications vendors, such as … and web services, among which Microsoft and Google. Firstly, we present the Unified Communications market and products …

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Microblogging money: Exploring the world's central banks on Twitter

Korhonen, Iikka; Newby, Elisa; Elonen-Kulmala, Jonna - 2024

This article looks into global central bank messaging on the Twitter social media platform. At the end of 2021, a total of 122 central banks and monetary authorities had registered accounts on Twitter At that time, approximately two-thirds of world's central banks and monetary author- ities were...

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The antecedents of direct management communication to employees in Mauritius

Croucher, Richard; Rizov, Marian; Goolaup, Ram - In: The International Journal of Human Resource Management 25 (2014) 17, pp. 2420-2437

We measure whether, in a developing country, existence of a 'hard' strategic human resource management (SHRM) strategy developed at high organizational levels or one designed to enhance employee knowledge inputs and thereby promote employer- employee interdependence (EEIN) is a stronger...

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Information and Communication Technologies – One Engine of Globalization

Popescul, Daniela - In: CES Working Papers 1 (2009) 2, pp. 20-36

Technological changes are “the main engine of capitalism and evolution” (A. Toffler), “the fundamental driving force in transformation of an economy” (C. Freeman). The paper proposes a theoretical investigation of information and communication technologies evolution and their impact on...

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Effects of Mobile Technology on Human Relationships

Elsobeihi, Mohammed M.; Abu Naser, Samy S. - In: International Journal of Engineering and Information … 1 (2017) 5, pp. 110-125

individuals. This study aims to find out the relation between mobile technology and its effects on face- to- face communications … impact on both the quality and the quantity of face- to- face communications. The study concludes that mobile use by … individuals has reduced the time they spend engaging in face- to- face communications with each other because of the time spent on …

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