information technology

The paper studies the growth and determinants of information technology (IT) trade in the Asia-Pacific
region. The authors argue that the rise of IT trade must be understood within the context o increasing vertical fragmentation of production processes that has occurred over the past two decades.

This report reveals the challenges that e-Science currently faces, not from hardware and software engineering problems, but from the features of the existing legal and administrative regimes that cannot adequately accommodate the changing realities of scientific practice in the networked digital environment.

The authors examine the emerging techno-socio-economic paradigm through several theory lenses and lays a theoretical foundation for a sound indicator explaining regional competitiveness in the information era.

The paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations in the development of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet services such as web design and maintenance, and call centres.

The paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations in the development of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet services such as web design and maintenance, and call centres.

The paper aims to analyze the role of multinational corporations in the development of the software industry in India, Ireland and Israel. The study is centred on software production and IT-related services - software development, chip design and electronic devices design, computer and Internet services such as web design and maintenance, and call centres.

The paper analyses the birth of the Encryption Software Industry (ESI), a new niche in the software industry. Using a Chandlerian perspective, the author reports the main facts about firm entry and growth with a particular focus on start-up strategies and actions. Since scale economies do not play a major role in ESI, the paper investigates the different sources of firm competitive advantages.

The authors contend that the contribution of new technology to economic growth can only be realized
when and if the new technology is widely diffused and used. The paper explores the determinants of diffusion and the evidence for their importance.

The authors study the tendency to connect to the Internet, and the online and offline shopping behavior of connected persons, to draw inferences about whether the Internet is a substitute or a complement for cities. Using online and offline spending data, the authors find that connected persons spend more on books and
clothing online, relative to their offline spending, if they are farther from offline stores.

The paper aims to improve understanding of how exploitative and explorative learning of firms is enhanced through their social capital. Findings indicate that direct ties have a moderating effect on indirect ties only in the case of exploitative learning. Firm size and technological distance between a firm’s partners also have a differential effect on exploitative and exploitative learning.