undobtedly, the information and communication technology (ict) has affected the country’s economic and social interactions. the networked readiness index (nri) comprising four subindexes that measure the enviroment for ict’s, the readiness of a society to use ict’s, the actual usage of all main stakholders (individual, business and government), and finally, the impacts that ict’s generate in th...

Developing countries are increasingly relying on Information and Communication Technology (ICTs) for their socio-economic development. Many countries have achieved faster gross domestic product (GDP) growth through information technology (IT) outsourcing, which is now largely recognized as a strategic management practice that can provide a competitive advantage in business. The East African Com...

The Global Information Technology Report released by the World Economic Forum (WEF) has employed networked readiness index (NRI) to measure the global competitiveness of a country’s information and communication technologies (ICT) diffusion. The final NRI overall scores were measured by an arithmetic mean aggregation of the composite pillars scores, which implicitly assumed that all the pillars...

The Global Information Technology Report published by World Economic Forum used Networked Readiness Index (NRI) to measure the global competitiveness of a country’s information and communication technologies (ICT). The NRI covers three subindexes with nine pillars, which are treated with equal weights. It does not explore the causal relationships. In order to provide more information to the pol...

Purpose: To show how e-readiness indicators, specifically the Networked Readiness Index, participate in the work of defining policy problems. Methodology/Approach: The article critically examines the Networked Readiness Index is terms of its presentation and its underlying model. It relies on an approach to policy analysis that views policy problems as socially constructed. Findings: E-readines...

Information and communication technologies (ICTs) have recently emerged as a snowballing phenomenon that orient competitiveness strategies. They are vital critical aspect for countries to not only improve their global competitiveness, but they also accomplish long-term growth. Latest developments in the Middle East North African (MENA) render region be an appealing case study. This study aims a...

The Network Readiness Index (NRI) is one of the indicators that shows level digital development countries. NRI for 2021 130 countries, in contrast to 45 countries covered by International Digital Economy and Society (I-DESI) European Union, which measures only most developed This paper aims determine relationship between 12 sub-pillars NRI. We use Principal Component Analysis (PCA) perform a ma...

The Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) is an area with the rapid adoption technology, growth internet and mobile phone users, region-wide digital initiatives to increase connectivity between markets, drastic acceleration digitalization across practically all aspects economy. Currently, especially in Covid-19 pandemic period, economy a key factor driving region's Based on Networked R...

The Network Readiness Index (NRI) was developed to measure the propensity for countries (and regions) to exploit information and communications technology (ICT) for development and growth. Much has been written about the influences of economic and non-economic factors on ICT diffusion in developed societies. Studies examining the impact of relevant factors on Africa’s regions’ capabilities to e...