information technology

The authors use a specially designed survey on French firms located in Haute-Savoie to provide empirical evidence suggesting that IT adoption is not only influenced by the traditional factors of technology
diffusion (rank, stock-order, epidemic effects and complementary organizational practices) but also by local diffusion of knowledge effects. The paper concludes that what is often explained as involuntary knowledge spillovers in the standard literature are well-regulated knowledge flows between firms, which are managed with deliberate appropriation purposes

This paper investigates on a marked case of regional inequality concerning the information and communication technology adoption process and the role of subsidies in Italy. There is a consolidated and persistent gap between the industrialized North and the sensibly backward South. Econometric results show that adoption of ICT is affected by the geographical location, the industry and firm characteristics. A matching estimator is applied to explore subsidies effectiveness. We find that subsidies have a significant impact but only for small firms.

The report reveals that 8.5 percent of Chinas population now uses the Internet. It ranks third in the number of users worldwide behind the United States and Japan. Additionally, China added 17 million new users in 2005, with 8 million getting online since
the end of June last year.

The objectives of the study are to identify key trends and developments in the international outsourcing activities in IT by companies in Colorado; address the factors that influence the decision of Colorado companies to engage in international outsourcing in IT; assess the impact of international outsourcing on IT employment in Colorado companies; and explore implications of international outsourcing in IT in Colorado.

This paper deals with the growth potential the Information Technologies (IT) offer to backward regions within an integrated market like the European one.
I first present some evidences supporting the idea of strong interregional inequalities in the distribution of IT- investments and induced-productivity gains in Europe.

Using a data set that contains establishment births by county, this paper presents the evidence that firms in the information technology industry respond to positively to the economies found in metropolitan areas.

This paper constructs a multi-sector model to take explicit account of the very sharp change in the relative price between non-IT and IT goods. The model is calibrated to the Japanese economy, and its solution path from 1990 on is compared to Japans macroeconomic performance in the 1990s.

This exploratory study examines outsourcing and offshoring of software development by analysing Indian companies in Finland. Based on qualitative data, results
support the view that offshore outsourcing decisions are usually cost-driven.

The main goal of the paper is to draw some expectations concerning the relationship between b2c e-commerce and inner city retailing. Using new insights based on evolutionary economics, hypotheses will be developed concerning the impact of b2c e-commerce on consumers’ shopping behaviour, retailers’ store strategy, and the inner city retailing environment as a whole.

This white paper considers what the evolution to Next Generation Networks may mean to the marketplace.
Attention focuses on five trends fundamental to understanding this process and its implications.