Recently, the view that diffusion of high speed broadband networks is primarily driven by competition or government intervention (OECD, 2007) has been challenged by the emergence of broadband initiatives at the local community level across the globe which seems to point that at a more active...

Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) provide small- and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) with an option to create and exploit strategic opportunities. Prior investment in ICT infrastructure can lead to follow-up decisions to adopt new ICT services, but there is no guarantee that SMEs...