Global E-Readiness - for What? Readiness for E-Banking (Jitd)

Maugis, Vincent; Choucri, Nazli; Madnick, Stuart E.; Siegel, Michael; Gillett, Sharon; Haghseta, Farnaz; Zhu, Harry; Best, Michael

doi:10.2139/ssrn.535762

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“…According to Maugis et al (2005), most e-readiness assessment tools assume a fixed, one-size-fits-all sets of requirements without considering the unique characteristics of particular countries or their demands for specific ICT applications. Following the suggestion by Dada (2006), we believed that moving the focus of e-readiness assessments from the country level to the user level can reveal e-readiness for e-learning among students in secondary schools.…”

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Use of Facebook by Secondary School Students at Nuku'alofa as an Indicator of E-Readiness for E-Learning in the Kingdom of Tonga

Sopu¹,

Chisaki²,

Usagawa³

2016

IRRODL

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The Kingdom of Tonga is an isolated least developing country located on the northeast of New Zealand with a population of 103,252 (2011 census) and with a gross domestic product per capita of USD $2,545.20. Before educational systems in a least developing country like the Kingdom of Tonga begin employing e-learning, an assessment of the current situation of students and learning institutions may contribute to its success. Using an appropriate assessment tool is important for accurately measuring the degree of e-readiness. In this study, we administered a survey to 186 students randomly selected from five secondary schools in the Kingdom of Tonga to measure Facebook usage as an index of e-readiness for elearning. We found that a large percentage (81%) of secondary students use Facebook, and most (74%) of these students have used Facebook for two or more years. All (100%) students use a computer to access Facebook, and most also access Facebook through mobile phones (62%) or tablets (46%). We also found correlations between duration of having a Facebook account and other indicators of e-readiness. Our findings suggest that secondary students in the Kingdom of Tonga have developed e-readiness for elearning through their use of Facebook.

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Use of Facebook by Secondary School Students at Nuku'alofa as an Indicator of E-Readiness for E-Learning in the Kingdom of Tonga

Sopu¹,

Chisaki²,

Usagawa³

2016

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“…ICT use in microfinance has largely focused on the problem of efficiency enhancement, that is, reducing transactions costs for a large scale of operations (Kamel, 2005), the potential for ICT introduction in streamlining the MFI's operations (Frankiewicz, 2003;Parikh et al, 2006), the challenges facing distributed computing and channel requirements (Gurau, 2005;Kannabiran & Narayan, 2005), and the issues of scale and geographically distributed connectivity to sustain banking (Mauguis et al, 2005;Press, 2005).…”

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Whose gain is it anyway? Structurational perspectives on deploying ICTs for development in India's microfinance sector

Dé¹,

Ratan²

2009

Information Technology for Development

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The idea of information and communication technology (ICT) being a "hammer" that can be applied to a wide variety of "nails" across different geographic locations, sectors, organizations, and contexts to improve efficiency and/or have a beneficial social impact has come under severe criticism, particularly in the realm of implementing socioeconomic development programs. Structuration theory remains one of the key metatheories that deconstruct the complexity of technology introductions in the context of organizational and behavioral change. In this study, we use a structurational lens to examine two pilot ICT implementations in the Indian microfinance sector, specifically exploring the interactions between the ICT intervention, the organizations and people implementing the change, and the structural and institutional context within which these projects were rolled out. We showcase how an "ICT for development" intervention is inherently a political process, involving choices around defining efficiency and targeting particular social welfare improvements, with varying repercussions for the involved microfinance institution and client. Where the client's context, constraints, and welfare are placed at the heart of the "efficiency" discussion during the technology's design and implementation, the development impact is seen to be far greater and more sustained. C 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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“…Measuring e-readiness is not a simple task and, as Maugis et al argues, although there is a vast body of studies addressing e-readiness, there is not a coherent view of the realities in hand [7]. According to Al-Solbi and Mayhew, the literature still seems fragmented and there is not a single framework that has earned ample acceptance [8].…”

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Factors influencing the successful adoption of an innovative e-commerce product: single case study

Popovska¹,

Trajkovik

2016

Proccedings of the ICAIIT2016

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Abstract. This paper studies the acceptance of an innovative e-commerce product by customers, and how the market characteristics influence its adoption and diffusion. By introducing the concept of e-readiness, which summarizes a broad set of characteristics of a given country, we were able to analyze the factors that drive the adoption of an innovative solution in a market. Our findings suggest that both environmental and firm level factors play an important role in the adoption of an innovative e-commerce solution.

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Global E-Readiness - for What? Readiness for E-Banking (Jitd)

Cited by 23 publications

References 14 publications

Use of Facebook by Secondary School Students at Nuku'alofa as an Indicator of E-Readiness for E-Learning in the Kingdom of Tonga

Use of Facebook by Secondary School Students at Nuku'alofa as an Indicator of E-Readiness for E-Learning in the Kingdom of Tonga

Whose gain is it anyway? Structurational perspectives on deploying ICTs for development in India's microfinance sector

Factors influencing the successful adoption of an innovative e-commerce product: single case study

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