An exploration of the effects of the interaction between ICT and labor force on economic growth in transition economies

Samoilenko, Sergey V.; Osei-Bryson, Kweku-Muata

doi:10.1016/j.ijpe.2008.07.002

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“…Barriers to adoption can take various forms. Examples include a lack of organizational readiness (Grandon & Pearson, 2004;Lacovou et al, 1995), incompatibility (Azad & Hasan, 2011;Beatty et al, 2001;Rogers, 1995), complexity (Thomas et al, 2011;Thong, 1999), lack of visibility (Moore & Benbasat, 2001), high costs (Alam et al, 2011), security concerns (Voges & Pulakanam, 2011;Zaied, 2012), lack of customer readiness (Scupola, 2009), lack of skilled labour (Lawrence & Tar, 2010;Samoilenko & Osei-Bryson, 2008), and lack of infrastructure readiness (Apulu & Ige, 2011). Furthermore, TAM shows that perceiving a system as easy to use leads to the perception that it is useful to the business, which suggests that ease of use is a determinant of perceived usefulness (Davis et al, 1989;Riemenschneider et al, 2003).…”

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Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country

2016

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h i g h l i g h t sFindings enrich TAM constructs by comparing competing models with the proposed extended TAM. The paper addresses the gaps in literature of technology adoption in developing countries. The measurement model developed could improve future research into SMEs' technology adoption. External pressures were found to positively affect the perceived benefits of adoption. Environmental pressures significantly influence managers' decision to adopt technology. a b s t r a c tThis study investigates the factors that influence e-commerce adoption in SME travel agents in a developing country. The research is based upon a questionnaire survey of travel agents in Egypt and employs advanced statistical techniques to test a conceptual framework that extends the technology acceptance model. Using competing models the study examines the relationship between e-commerce adoption, perceived benefits, perceived barriers and environmental pressures. The results indicate that environmental pressures significantly affect the perceived benefits and barriers of e-commerce adoption, in addition to having an indirect effect on adoption behaviour. Insights are provided into the nature of relationships between the key factors that determine e-commerce adoption and the extent to which they can be used to develop effective strategies for SME travel agent re-intermediation in the global travel market. Implications are identified for practice and government policy in relation to the use of e-commerce in SME travel businesses in developing countries.

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Section: Literature Reviewmentioning

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Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country

2016

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“…Samoilenko & Osei-Bryson (2008) refers to leT investments as the total annual investments in telecommunication and human capital in the form of full-time telecommunication staff. leT investments are categorised into four components according to Kaiser (2003) as (i) expenditure in physical leT capital such as hardware, software and telecommunication equipment (ii) expenditure for leT personnel such as workers and leT professionals (iii) expenditure for non specified items.…”

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Investigating the Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development

Bankole

Shirazi

Brown

2011

E J Info Sys Dev Countries

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In the last two decades, the worldwide information and communication technology (ICT) market has been growing at a rapid rate. This has led to a global net increase in ICT investments and usage. International organizations, ICT vendors and policy makers have been investigating whether such large investments are worthwhile. The results regarding this issue are inconclusive, for this research area is fraught with complexity, and existing empirical work is limited. This study investigates the impact of ICT investments on human development. Of particular interest are the relationships between different dimensions of ICT investment and the components of human development. ICT investments can be thought of as having four dimensions – hardware, software, internal spending and telecommunication investment, while typical human development indicators are standard of living (GDP per capita), education (literacy and school enrolments) and health (life expectancy). If these variables are not modelled correctly, their effect on each other can be either under‐ or overestimated. In this article, the line of enquiry from a study by Kim et al. (2008) is extended to investigate the relationship between the four aspects of ICT investments and the three key components of human development. The empirical analysis shows that the four dimensions of ICT investment have an impact in various ways on the components of human development, and that these impacts are different, in high income, mid income and low income countries. Based on these findings, this study suggests theoretical propositions to explain the impact of ICT investments on human development.

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“…IT related infrastructure Anckar, 2003;Chen and McQueen, 2008;Nour, 2002;Rao et al, 2003;Samoilenko and Osei-Bryson, 2008;Stockdale and Standing, 2006;Wahid, 2007 Availability and quality of networks inter-institutions Ayeh, 2006;Azam, 2007;Bourgouin, 2002;Dutta and Coury, 2003;Ghamatrasa, 2006;Nour, 2002 Skilled labour: Lack of IT/travel-skilful labour Heung, 2003;Samoilenko and Osei-Bryson, 2008;Skoko et al, 2008;Warden and Tunzelana, 2004 Staff lacking proficient English in time of neglecting the local language in technology implementation policies Azam, 2007;Beatty et al, 2001;Dutta and Coury, 2003;Grandon and Pearson, 2004;Moore and Benbasat, 2001;Rao et al, 2003;Wahid, 2007;Zheng et The required time to diffuse or replace technologies in SMEs Heung, 2003;Kartiwi and MacGregor, 2007;MacGreogor, 2004;Stockdale and Standing, 2006;Wahid, 2007. Service/product suitability to the adopted technology Types of services valid to be digitalised Ayeh, 2006 Legal concerns Regulations and rules of the legal system Azam, 2007;Ghamatrasa, 2006;Heung, 2003;Warden and Tunzelana, 2004 Security issues Insecurity and lack of confidentiality in online transactions Azam, 2007;Chen and McQueen, 2008;Ghamatrasa, 2006;Kula and Tat...…”

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“…On the other hand, as cited in many past studies, there are many factors found to have negatively influenced technology adoption in SMEs; examples are cost of technology implementation (Kuan and Chau, 2001;MacGreogor and Vrazalic, 2005;Migiro and Ocholla, 2005;Kim, 2006), limited resources of SMEs (Stockdale and Standing, 2006;Skoko et al, 2008), infrastructure and technological readiness (Ayeh, 2006;Azam, 2007;Wahid, 2007), lack of skilled labour (Warden and Tunzelana, 2004;Samoilenko and Osei-Bryson, 2008), cultural issues (Dutta and Coury, 2003;Zheng et al, 2004), the required time for change (Heung, 2003;Wahid, 2007), service/product/customer/ supplier suitability (Tucker, 2008), legal and security issues (Buhalis and Laws, 2001;Nour, 2002;Kula and Tatoglu, 2003), and adopted technology related factors (Kendall et al, 2001;Beckinsale and Levy, 2004;Dyerson and Harindranath, 2007). For this study, these factors will be labelled as "boundaries" which hinders technology adoption in SMEs.…”

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E-Commerce and Small Tourism Businesses in Developing Countries: Drivers versus Boundaries of Adoption

Abou-Shouk

Lim

Megicks

2013

Tourism Planning & Development

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The uptake and adoption of e-commerce by small and medium-sized enterprises is still relatively low and slow. Whilst travel agents are typically classified as small and medium tourism enterprises, there has been a persistent threat of disintermediation in the global travel and tourism market particularly in developing countries. Approximately 59% of travel agents in Egypt were found to be operating without even a website. This study aims to identify the drivers motivating travel agents to adopt e-commerce and to discover the boundaries inhibiting agents in adopting technology. Drivers and boundaries perceived by adopters of high level e-commerce are examined. A stratified sample of category A travel agents in Egypt has been surveyed and results show that drivers strongly influencing adoption decision are suppliers' pressures and competitors' pressures. Aspects of boundaries factors found include resources limitations, internal and external business environments, and adopted-technology attributes are affecting the adoption of e-commerce amongst travel agents.

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An exploration of the effects of the interaction between ICT and labor force on economic growth in transition economies

Cited by 37 publications

References 30 publications

Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country

Using competing models to evaluate the role of environmental pressures in ecommerce adoption by small and medium sized travel agents in a developing country

Investigating the Impact of ICT Investments on Human Development

E-Commerce and Small Tourism Businesses in Developing Countries: Drivers versus Boundaries of Adoption

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