| The Adoption of E-Business by Organizations in China: An Institutional Perspective |
2007 |
410 |
The Chinese e-business industry has a number of unusual features. Institutional factors such as strong nationalism, the state's entrenchment in the economy, political cognitive and political normative factors, regulative uncertainty, the role of prof... |
| Barriers to e-commerce and competitive business models in developing countries: A case study |
2007 |
3605 |
This paper integrates and extends research on e-commerce in the developing world. We use three categories of feedback systems–economic, sociopolitical and cognitive—to offer a simple model of e-commerce barriers in the developing world. We also exami... |
| Business perceptions of regulative institutions in Central and Eastern Europe |
2010 |
253 |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate, theoretically and empirically, how entrepreneurial firms' perceptions of formal institutions differ across Central and Eastern European (CEE) economies. Design/methodology/approach – The paper us... |
| Chinese institutions and standardization: The case of government support to domestic third generation cellular standard |
2011 |
94 |
There are unique and distinct institutional processes associated with the Chinese government's support of the domestically developed third generation (3G) cellular standard, TD-SCDMA. After postponing several times, China awarded three third generati... |
| Cloud Computing in Developing Economies |
2010 |
1211 |
The developing world must exploit the opportunities afforded by cloud computing while minimizing the associated risks to allow access to advanced IT infrastructure, data centers, and applications and protect sensitive information.... |
| Cloud Computing in India |
2012 |
15 |
Cloud computing is still in its infancy in India, but as economic and institutional factors improve, it could greatly accelerate India's digitization and transform how cell phones are used. If appropriate measures are adopted at various levels, the c... |
| Determinants of the Global Diffusion of B2B E-Commerce |
2002 |
1159 |
Compared to business-to-consumer (B2C) e-commerce, business-to-business (B2B) e-commerce is larger, growing faster and has less unequal geographical distribution globally. In this paper, we examine the current stage of B2B e-commerce development acro... |
| Determinants of the Locus of Global E-commerce |
2001 |
593 |
Internet and e-commerce are experiencing hyperbolic growth rates and highly asymmetric global distribution. There is also a significant variation worldwide in the means used to access the Internet and the e-commerce models adopted. This paper attempt... |
| The development of market orientation: a consideration of institutional influence in China |
2009 |
272 |
Purpose – China has followed an unique transition from central planning to a market economy. The purpose of this paper is to examine how China's unique blend of capitalism and socialism has influenced Chinese firms? market orientation. Design/methodo... |
| Diffusion and Effects of Cyber-Crime in Developing Economies |
2010 |
334 |
Cyber-crime's footprints across the developing world are getting bigger. The aim of this article is to examine the structure of cyber-crimes in developing economies. Its central idea is that economic and institutional factors facing cyber-criminals a... |
| Diffusion pattern of Linux: An assessment on major technology dimensions |
2005 |
8 |
This paper attempts to gain an understanding of the diffusion dynamics of Linux by assessing it on Rogers’ technology dimensions — relative advantage, compatibility, complexity, observability, and trialability. The analysis makes clear that Linux pos... |
| E-Commerce Patterns in South Asia: A Look Beyond Economics |
2005 |
472 |
Conflicting and complex forces are shaping the diffusion patterns of the Internet and e-commerce in South Asia. Drawing upon the literature on institutional theory, we explore the drivers and inhibitors of the Internet in South Asian countries. We ex... |
| Economics and politics of advertising: Evidence from the enlarging European Union |
2007 |
230 |
Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to investigate the impacts of economic and political factors on advertising industry in the enlarging EU. Design/methodology/approach – The paper employed random effect time series cross-section (TSCS) models an... |
| The Economics of Click Fraud |
2010 |
866 |
Click fraud is a substantial threat in the cyberworld. Here, the author examines the contexts, mechanisms, and processes associated with the click-fraud industry from an economics viewpoint. The nature of electronic channels, characterized by asymmet... |
| Economics of Linux Adoption in Developing Countries |
2004 |
379 |
There was once a time when developing software required only
three main ingredients: a user with a need, a computer, and a
programmer. Once these three ingredients came together, the resulting
team could largely ignore everything in the outside wo... |
| Entrepreneurship in post-socialist economies: A typology and institutional contexts for market entrepreneurship |
2009 |
556 |
There is growing recognition among post-socialist (PS) economies that free-market entrepreneurship is essential for ultimately improving their economic future. The promotion of market entrepreneurship, however, has been a challenging experience for t... |
| The evolution of the Chinese online gaming industry |
2009 |
887 |
Purpose – This paper seeks to examine the growth of the Chinese online gaming industry and disentangle the mechanisms behind the emergence of unique online gaming culture in China. Design/methodology/approach – This is a review paper that provides a ... |
| An Exploratory Study of the Functional Forms of Export Market Identification Variables |
2006 |
260 |
Exploratory research demonstrates that the import market potential, import market competitiveness, and "barriers-to-imports" variables can be successfully integrated into a shift-share framework for identifying export markets. The authors present man... |
| Factors Impacting the Adoption of the Internet among SMEs |
2004 |
731 |
The Internet can extend market reach and operational efficiency of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) and enhance their contributions to the U.S. economy. This paper reports an empirical study conducted to identify the factors that impact SMEs' invo... |
| Government Policy, Continental Collaboration and the Diffusion of Open Source Software in China, Japan, and South Korea |
2007 |
547 |
The scale of development and deployment of open source software (OSS) in the three Northeast Asian countries–China, Japan, and South Korea–is large enough to be noticed at the global level. OSS has redefined the dynamics of software markets in the th... |
| Increasing Returns and the Diffusion of Linux in China |
2007 |
162 |
China's unique combination of institutions, industries, and markets has fostered the generation and use of Linux-related innovations. Analyzing increasing returns provides key insight into this proliferation.... |
| Information and communications technologies, strategic asymmetry and national security |
2005 |
243 |
In the history of warfare, there are a number of examples of strategic uses of asymmetric technologies. Consistent with history and theory, individuals, organizations and nations have spotted opportunities to employ information and communications tec... |
| Information and communications technologies, strategic asymmetry and national security |
2005 |
243 |
In the history of warfare, there are a number of examples of strategic uses of asymmetric technologies. Consistent with history and theory, individuals, organizations and nations have spotted opportunities to employ information and communications tec... |
| Institutional Changes Affecting Entrepreneurship in China |
2007 |
626 |
Institutions influencing entrepreneurship are undergoing significant transformation in China. During the Mao era, private entrepreneurship was virtually eradicated and was a political taboo. As reflected in the macro-level economic data, there has be... |
| Institutional factors affecting offshore business process and information technology outsourcing |
2007 |
464 |
Micro and macro level impacts of offshore outsourcing are far from clear. Thus there are some well-founded rationales for and against offshore outsourcing as well as a number of misinformed and ill guided viewpoints. Using institutional theory as a l... |
| Institutional reforms in the Gulf Cooperation Council economies: A conceptual framework |
2008 |
360 |
Institutions are slow to change in the Gulf Cooperation Council (GCC) economies. More to the point, institutions promoting free enterprise economy are lacking in the region. Concepts and theory building are lacking on the dynamics and forces related ... |
| Institutionalization of intellectual property rights in China |
2009 |
327 |
Institutional field Summary Following the 1978 political and economic reforms, China has undergone a sig-nificant transformation on the intellectual property rights (IPR) front. In this paper, we use neo-institutional theory to examine the institutio... |
| Les activités d’espionnage électronique et de contrôle d’Internet à l’ère de l’infonuagique : le cas de la Chine |
2012 |
24 |
Meme si environ quarante gouvernements controlent leur environnement virtuel, peu ont reussi a le faire aussi bien que la Chine. Au cours des dernieres annees, cette realite est devenue preoccupante en raison de la diffusion et du developpement rapid... |
| Mobile Payment in Emerging Markets |
2012 |
38 |
Mobile payments have been a key driver of socio-economic development in emerging markets. Factors such as advancements in technology, socioeconomic conditions, and the high penetration rate of mobile devices are driving m-payment development in certa... |
| Offshoring of healthcare services: the case of US-India trade in medical transcription services |
2011 |
1368 |
Purpose – The issue of offshore outsourcing of healthcare services is a critical but little-examined problem in healthcare research. The purpose of this study is to contribute to filling this void. Design/methodology/approach – A library-based study ... |
| Pattern of global cyber war and crime: A conceptual framework |
2005 |
433 |
The flourishing synergy arising between organized crimes and the Internet has increased the insecurity of the digital world. How hackers frame their actions? What factors encourage and energize their behavior? These are very important but highly unde... |
| Positive Externality, Increasing Returns, and the Rise in Cybercrimes |
2009 |
682 |
The meteoric rise in cybercrime has been an issue of pressing concern to our society. According to Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI), nine out of 10 U.S. companies experienced computer security incidents in 2005 which led to a loss of $67.2 billi... |
| Privacy and Security Aspects of Social Media: Institutional and Technological Environment |
2012 |
31 |
Legitimate as well as illegitimate organizations and entities are gaining access to information about social media (SM) users through illegal, extralegal, and quasi-legal means. Worse still, many organizations and individuals using SM have become tar... |
| Professional and trade associations in a nascent and formative sector of a developing economy: A case study of the NASSCOM effect on the Indian offshoring industry |
2009 |
343 |
As important sources that shape institutional structures in an economy, professional and trade associations play significant roles in bringing and legitimating institutional changes. This paper examines the roles of professional and trade association... |
| Recent Trends in Export Promotions in the United States |
2011 |
33 |
There is significant variation in opinion regarding benefits stemming from the use of export promotion. While promotional strategies are frequently condemned in the press as violations of global trade rules and are sharply criticized by some anti-pov... |
| Regulative institutions supporting entrepreneurship in emerging economies: A comparison of China and India |
2011 |
22 |
China and India are touted as new entrepreneurship powerhouses. The two countries’ different institutional history and characteristics have led to differences in environments related to entrepreneurship. There are some well-founded rationales as well... |
| The Simple Economics of Cybercrimes |
2006 |
277 |
The characteristics of cybercriminals, cybercrime victims, and law enforcement agencies have a reinforcing effect on each other, leading to a vicious circle of cybercrime. The author builds on key elements of this circle to assess a hacker's cost-ben... |
| Structural Shifts in the Chinese Software Industry |
2005 |
327 |
Following the post-1978 economic and political reforms that provided
incentives for private and foreign investments, China has left
India behind in terms of almost all economic and technological indicators.
Between 1980 and 2002, China’s per capit... |
| What Factors are Driving China’s Mobile Diffusion? |
2002 |
156 |
This paper identifies and analyses the forces influencing the rapid mobile diffusion in China. The analysis indicates that major factors influencing the hyperbolic growth rate of mobile technology penetration in China include the influence of Marxist... |