Special Issue on IT Innovation in Emerging Economies

Special issue on IT innovation in emerging economies

Introduction Information and communication technology (ICT) innovation research has concerned itself with researching industrialized high-income regions of the world, with specific reference to large organizations and their innovative abilities. Emerging economies/developing countries have not been considered as a hot bed of innovation. Researchers have preferred to focus on economic and instit...

Introduction: Special Issue on Innovation and Research, the Innovation Journal

IS/IT in Developing and Emerging Economies

In spite of the rapid growth many developing and emerging economies are experiencing, with much of this growth supported by information technology (IT), published research dealing with IT in developing economies is still very limited. The objective of this paper is to direct attention to this apparent gap and provide an overview of the issues related to information systems (IS) and IT specifica...

Special issue on emerging trends in soft computing: memetic algorithms

In the last few decades, evolutionary algorithms (EAs) have gradually established a strong foothold as powerful search methods in many complex disciplines ranging from arts & design, business & finance to science & engineering. Although well established as credible and powerful search tools, researchers in this area are now facing new challenges of increasing computational needs in today’s appl...

Accepted Manuscript Darden conference issue : Capital raising in emerging economies

The purpose of the 5 th Annual Darden International Finance Conference, organized jointly with the Journal of Financial Economics, was to examine issues related to capital raising in emerging economies. The eight papers in this special issue were selected from the conference program and reflect the substantial breadth and practical importance of research in this area. While the papers often dra...