This study examines a counterintuitive possibility: the digital divide may generate a short-term and conditional “digital-divide dividend” when intra-provincial digital inequality is accompanied by digital agglomeration, platform externalities, and ...
Ziqing Du +4 more
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Public-Private Collaboration to Overcome the Digital Divide in Digital Transformation of Government
The objective of this article is to explore the issue of the digital divide and how we can bridge it to overcome the challenge of digital transformation. We will start by examining the key factors that contribute to the issue of the digital divide, which
Muhammad Younus +2 more
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Afterword. Internet Freedom, Nuanced Digital Divide, and the Internet Craftsman
This book provides an in-depth comparative analysis of inequality and the stratification of the digital sphere. Grounded in classical sociological theories of inequality, as well as empirical evidence, this book defines 'the digital divide' as the ...
Meinrath, Sascha D +2 more
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Digital infrastructure and innovation: Digital divide or digital dividend?
With more activities being moved online during the COVID-era, digital infrastructure, as a public service, is now playing a greater role in influencing innovation and making the symbiotic relationship between innovation subjects closer.
Zhuo-Ya Du, Qian Wang
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Digital Divide, Educational Divide [PDF]
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The Diffusion of the Internet and the Geography of the Digital Divide in the United States [PDF]
This paper analyses the rapid diffusion of the Internet across the United States over the past decade for both households and firms. We put the Internet's diffusion into the context of economic diffusion theory where we consider costs and benefits on the
Shane Greenstein, Jeff Prince
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Inter-Country Variations in Digital Technology in Africa: Evidence, Determinants, and Policy Applications [PDF]
Africa, information technology, digital divide, index of information technology, information ...
Onyeiwu, Steve
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The digital divide: philosophical reflection
The problem of digital divide itself is interesting for philosophical reflection as it lies at the crossroads of interests of social and political philosophy, philosophy of technology and epistemology, and these are just some of them. Due to the constant
Dedyulina Marina Anatolevna
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The gender digital divide in francophone Africa : a harsh reality ; gender and ICT network [PDF]
This document presents the main results of the research on the “Gender digital divide in Francophone Africa: data and indicators”, which was carried out in 2004–2005 by the Gender and ICT Network (Réseau genre et TIC), with the sponsorship of the ...
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Digital Infrastructure: Overcoming the digital divide in emerging economies. CEPS Special Report, 5 April 2017 [PDF]
Since the 1990s when the internet began to be commercialised globally, the debate on how to close the digital divide has attracted widespread attention.
Ruidong, Zhang +4 more
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