Purpose The purpose of this paper is to examine how consumers’ willingness to buy is influenced by two essential design elements: form and functional design. Form design refers to appearance and can be categorized as typical or non-typical. Function design relates to product features and can...

Broadband communications lie at the heart of the developing information society. We employ 1999-2005 OECD data to analyze the primary determinants of fixed broadband adoption. We find that local loop unbundling, ICT infrastructure, population density, and Internet content are all influence fixed...

Broadband infrastructure is a key component of the knowledge economy. Broadband connections on both fixed and mobile networks are becoming an indicator of the knowledge economy. Employing the largest secondary data set, this study examines adoption factors of fixed broadband. The result of...

Innovation is one of the drivers of national competitiveness and economic growth. Considering well-established information and communication technologies (ICT) infrastructure is essential for the national level of innovation, the ICT infrastructure such as mobile broadband has an impact on the...

This study explores influential factors of global broadband adoption. Adoption factors — such as platform competition, information and communication technology (ICT) use, content, broadband speed, income, population density, education, price, and local loop unbundling (LLU) — are examined....