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The present paper was motivated by the recent interest put on the regional context as having a major role tracing economic agents behaviours and inducing productive activity. Three main goals have been defined: to emphasise the relation between favourable regional factors for development and...
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of ICT is indispensable for the promotion of the open innovation. In this paper, we discussed how to utilize ICTs for … with each other. They use CTI and SCM to use information and knowledge for designing and developing a new product and … service. Moreover, it can be confirmed that the firm which top management is familiar with ICT and exercises the leadership …
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ability to innovate. The ICT sector with its analytical knowledge base depends on radical innovations which are developed …The paper aims to examine the role of academic institutions in the development of the ICT cluster of the Waterloo … universities does not automatically result in the development of an ICT cluster. In the region of Waterloo three academic …
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information and communication (ICT) technologies largely influenced the economy and society of the 21st century. In the last … couple of years, a new motive of ICT-based inequalities seemed to appear that could have been connected to the usage of … country of information technologies, and Hungary, a member state of the EU with different backgrounds and opportunities of ICT …
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The Netherlands can be seen as one of the best healthcare systems in Europe. However, ICT application in hospitals in … interested? without a subsequent move to testing and actual implementation. This situation contradicts the expected gains of ICT …. To better understand these differences, we develop a model of organizational adoption of ICT in hospitals and explore …
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In this study we investigate how both local environment and individual characteristics explain incidence of corruption. More specifically, we explore how city size, and residing in a capital city influence the two aspects of corruption, notably in individuals? contact with officials, and in the...
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structure analysis, in particular focusing on the role ICT. Seven hypotheses are demonstrated by two models. The results … effect of introducing ICT; (ii) this effect of ICT use raises innovation capability; in particular ability to connect … external linkages; (iii) ICT use, innovation capability and external linkages enhance innovation activity; and (iv) effect of …
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Technology (ICT) sector plays an important role in a country's economy and welfare. The ICT sector relies on highly performing … been made in recent years regarding its ICT infrastructure, Luxembourg performs poorly in international league tables with … regards to e-skills or digital competences showing a tendency to a “second level digital divide” in terms of its ICT …
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Can improving local infrastructure in underdeveloped areas encourage entrepreneurial activity? If so, which infrastructures and by how much? This paper analyses the impact on new business establishments of broadband infrastructure, motorways, airports and railways and a range of other local...
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While several determinants of ICT usage has been investigated in the literature, the impact of access to electricity …, Internet and smartphones, as well as average revenue per user (ARPU) to evaluate the impact of access to electricity on ICT … margins, we find that ICT usage increases by 0.43 US dollar per connected user, meaning that mobile ARPU would have declined …
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