Research on ICT and development (ICTD) involves assumptions concerning the nature of ICT innovation and the way such innovation contributes to development. In this article, I review the multidisciplinary literature on ICTD and identify two perspectives regarding the nature of the ICT innovation process in developing countries—as transfer and diffusion and as socially embedded action—and two per...

The government has established a development program for the of Information and Communication Technology with term e-government. implementation e-government in governance public services certainly requires use information communication technology (ICT) along reliable human resources to manage it. There is still reasonably high gap between EBGS maturity level central agency index, local challeng...

the main objective of this paper is to analysis the impact of information and communication technology (ict) on energy consumption in the mena region selected countries during the period 1995-2011. for this purpose, used the model presented by sadorsky (2012) and three indicators that measured ict: the number of internet users, the number of mobile lines and the number of telephone lines. also,...

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Increasingly, information and communication technology (ICT) uses are transforming professional activities and interactions in ways that challenge traditional assumptions about professional identity. In this paper, we consider how ICT uses by research scientists in oceanography and marine biology shape professional identity. Empirical data are drawn from an ongoing study of ICT use in collabora...

In regions with developing or transitioning economies, information and communication technology (ICT) skills are expected to provide potential employees a signiacant edge in securing comparatively high-paying jobs. However, ICT skills are not binary (i.e., there are ranges and levels of ICT skills), nor are the effects of ICT skills common across all contexts. To plan international development ...

There are many academics, governments and managers that laud the evolution and advancement opportunities in information systems and communications technology (ICT). Their interest in ICT has predominately focused attention on development, and the ICT enabled organizational and social practices, of teams, groups and communities. While there is merit in advancing development and use of ICT, judgm...

This paper presents research on influence of information and communication technologies on decentralization of organizational structure. An empirical research was conducted, in which decentralization was described by dominant management style was compared to the level of composite index of ICT adoption. Also, consulting experience in four major Serbian companies was used to further elaborate an...

development in the social aspects of each society is a very important academic and practical field. in the information revolutionage, information and communication technologies are penetrating all levels of societies and have catalyzed the process of development in every country and encourage many scholars to study how these technologies affect the social, political and economic aspects of each...

The role of information and communication technology (ICT) in accelerating development is drawing increasing attention. ICT promises to help isolated and disenfranchised communities transform themselves into development participants who are better informed and integrated. However, this promise is tempered by concerns that the control and application of ICT could reinforce—or simply reconfigure—...