| Description |
1 online resource (269 pages) |
| Contents |
1. Digital economy and knowledge economics: implications on economic model / Bhekuzulu Khumalo -- 2. Supply chain management in the context of economic area: case study for the development of ICT branch in the city of Oulu / Rauno Rusko -- 3. Direct taxation and e-commerce: possibility and desirability / Subhajit Basu -- 4. Knowledge management solution to challenges of higher education in South Africa / Stephen M. Mutula, Daisy Jacobs -- 5. The middle out approach / Th. van der Weide, N. Flipsen -- 6. University education and intellectual property in the digital era: whither Botswana? / John Kiggundu -- 7. Opportunities and challenges of emerging technologies in higher education: future directions / P. Thomas -- 8. Digital Divide in India: measurement, determinants and policy for addressing the challenges in bridging the digital divide / Sumanjeet Singh -- 9. Universal broadband: an analysis of global stakeholders and the pursuit of the common good / David J. Yates, Joseph W. Weiss, Girish J. Gulati -- 10. Bridging the digital divide by open source: a theoretical model of best practice / M. Pscheidt, Th. P. van der Weide -- 11. Implementation of discrete and integrated IT: the role of organisational structure and culture / Colm Burns, Nola Hewitt-Dundas -- 12. Next generation networks: a new digital divide? / Rohan Kariyawasam -- 13. For all of our languages we are not natives here: challenging the idea of the digital native, rethinking the digital divide / Martina Gillen -- 14. Deconstructing the 'digital divide' In Africa / Stephen Mutula -- 15. Ethnographic approach to user-centred evaluation of telecentres / Bidit Lal Dey, D.R. Newman, Renee Prendergast -- 16. Outsourcing contract success: a quality management perspective / Vanita Yadav, B.A. Metri |
| Summary |
"This book provides theoretical and practical approaches to the digital economy, increasing people's awareness on what the digital economy is and exactly what competitive advantages exist to provide information technology and innovation as its main resources"--Provided by publisher |
| Analysis |
Knowledge management in African regions |
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Knowledge economics |
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Supply chain management |
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Shape of digital divide |
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Technology in higher education |
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Outsourcing |
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Innovation based management |
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Regional economic development strategy |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references |
| Subject |
Information society.
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Information technology -- Economic aspects
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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Information society
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Information technology -- Economic aspects
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Information technology -- Social aspects
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| Author |
Druica, Elena, 1971-
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IGI Global.
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| ISBN |
9781466615571 |
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1466615575 |
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