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[null,null,"Titolo",null,"ICTs in Developing Countries : Research, Practices and Policy Implications / / edited by Bidit Dey, Karim Sorour, Raffaele Filieri"]
[null,null,"Pubbl/distr/stampa",null,"London : , : Palgrave Macmillan UK : , : Imprint : Palgrave Macmillan, , 2016"]
[null,null,"ISBN",null,"9781137469502"]
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[null,null,"Edizione",null,"[1st ed. 2016.]"]
[null,null,"Descrizione fisica",null,"1 online resource (212 p.)"]
[null,null,"Disciplina",null,"303.48/33091724"]
[null,null,"Soggetti",null,"International business enterprises"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Development economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Business information services"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Telecommunication"]
[{"$nulls":4},"International economic relations"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Strategic planning"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Leadership"]
[{"$nulls":4},"International Business"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Development Economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Business Information Systems"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Communications Engineering, Networks"]
[{"$nulls":4},"International Economics"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Business Strategy and Leadership"]
[null,null,"Lingua di pubblicazione",null,"Inglese"]
[null,null,"Formato",null,"Materiale a stampa"]
[null,null,null,"Livello bibliografico","Monografia"]
[null,null,null,"Note generali","Description based upon print version of record."]
[null,null,null,"Nota di bibliografia","Includes bibliographical references and index."]
[null,null,"Nota di contenuto",null,"Cover; ICTs in Developing Countries; Contents; List of Tables and Figures; Tables; Figures; Preface; Section I Conceptualising digital divide and ICT for development; Section II Dynamics and kinetics of the adoption, use and appropriation of ICTs in developing societies; Section III Policy and practitioner implications; Acknowledgements; Notes on Contributors; Section I: Conceptualising Digital Divide and ICT for Development; 1: A Critical Review of the ICT for Development Research; Introduction; Digital divide: a contentious issue; Narrowing the digital divide: a myth or reality"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Optimistic about bridging the digital divideDoubtful and/or cautiously optimistic; Critical review of some of the ICT-led projects; Theorising "]
[{"$nulls":4},"ICTs for development; Gap in the current literature and future of ICT4D; Conclusion; Notes; References; 2: Structurational Explication of Technology Adoption in ICT4D : A Throwback to Giddens; Introduction; A return to Giddens' social theory of structuration; Putting the agent back in focus; Duality of structure, agency and knowledgeability, and unintended consequences in structuration; Rules-resources framework"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Power as transformative capacity in structurationICT4D through a Giddensian lens; Modernity and change; The centrality of the 'social'; Concluding remarks; Note; References; Section II: Dynamics and Kinetics of the Adoption, Use and Appropriation of ICTs in Developing Societies; 3: Impacts of Information and Communication Technology Implementation on Regulated Financial Services: The Case of Swaziland; Introduction; Background; Overview of Swaziland and the socio-economic climate; The Swaziland financial system; Methodology; Data collection procedure; Data analysis; Case study"]
[{"$nulls":4},"The direct payroll deduction processExcessive payroll deductions; Implementation of the Central Deduction Administration System (CDAS); Post-implementation impacts and issues; Findings from the case study analysis; Comparison of CDAS versus non-CDAS deductions; Salary advances; Post-implementation compliance issues; Cooperatives - the nature of ownership and stakeholders; Non-complying cooperatives and their impact on the financial market; Lack of government control; Implications; Organizational-level impacts of ICT; Implications for other African nations; Conclusion; Note; Reference"]
[{"$nulls":4},"4: How Young Chinese Consumers Choose among Different Smartphone Brands: The Importance of Socio-cultural and Marketing FactorsIntroduction; Emerging markets and smartphone brands; Methodology; Results; Brand choice influencers; Social influence; Brand popularity; Brand image and loyalty; Design of the smartphone; Mianzi; Smartphone features; Discussion; References; 5: Global Tools Enhance Local Exchange through Community Currency in an Alternate Economy; Introduction; Reciprocal gift e-conomy; The Great Transformation; Relationship economics in a network society; The high-tech gift economy"]
[{"$nulls":4},"Money 2:0"]
[null,null,null,"Sommario/riassunto","ICTs in Developing Countries is a collection of conceptual and empirical works on the adoption and impacts of ICT use in developing societies. Bringing together a wide range of disciplines and contributors, it offers a rich examination of digital divide and ICT for development both in terms of contextual information and disciplinary perspectives."]