The Role of Internet Penetration on Online Opportunity Search among the Youths in Rwanda

The key aim of the study presented in this book is to determine how SMEs located in regional areas are going about e-commerce adoption. The study was undertaken over a period of three years in three highly developed nations all belonging to the OECD and with comparable per capita GDPs and levels of Internet penetration. These included Sweden, Australia, and the USA. In each country, one regional area was surveyed—Varmland (Sweden), Illawarra (Australia), and Salt Lake City (USA).

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Internet Penetration and the Environmental Kuznets Curve: A Cross-National Analysis

Sustainability ◽

10.3390/su11051358 ◽

2019 ◽

Vol 11 (5) ◽

pp. 1358 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Zhenbo Zhang ◽

Xiaohua Meng

Keyword(s):

Environmental Kuznets Curve ◽

Negative Influence ◽

Emissions Reduction ◽

The Internet ◽

Kuznets Curve ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Using Data ◽

National Analysis ◽

The Relationship

The internet has revolutionized the pattern of economic growth and its environmental effects. We investigate the ways in which internet penetration influences the relationship between income and the environment using data from 1996 to 2014 on CO2 emissions from 115 countries with multiple levels of per capita GDP and internet penetration. Empirical results document the existence of the Environmental Kuznets Curve (EKC) and reveal that internet penetration does generally reduce the actual income level beyond which pollution begins to decrease. Further tests, based on the division of income and period, indicate an increasing negative influence of internet penetration on emissions reduction, with income growth and the environmental effect of the internet evolving from direct and indirect to systemic. We discuss this study’s contributions to further research on income-environment paths and implications for the role of the internet in emissions reduction.

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The role of information and communication technology (internet penetration) on Asian stock market efficiency: Evidence from quantile‐on‐quantile cointegration and causality approach

International Journal of Finance & Economics ◽

10.1002/ijfe.1908 ◽

2020 ◽

Author(s):

Sahar Afshan ◽

Arshian Sharif ◽

Abdelmohsen A. Nassani ◽

Muhammad M. Q. Abro ◽

Rubeena Batool ◽

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Keyword(s):

Stock Market ◽

Market Efficiency ◽

Information And Communication Technology ◽

Communication Technology ◽

Stock Market Efficiency ◽

Information And Communication ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Role Of Information

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Internet penetration and international travel and tourism expenditure: The role of foreign exchange control

Tourism Economics ◽

10.1177/13548166211027839 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 135481662110278

Author(s):

Laura Vanesa Lorente-Bayona ◽

Ester Gras-Gil ◽

María del Rocío Moreno-Enguix

Keyword(s):

Foreign Exchange ◽

International Travel ◽

The Internet ◽

Travel And Tourism ◽

Foreign Products ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Tourism Expenditure ◽

Exchange Control ◽

The Relationship

The total amount of digital travel sales worldwide increases significantly every year, yet previous studies on outbound tourism expenditures have scarcely discussed the role of foreign exchange control (Fxc) as a barrier to e-internationalization. In the era of e-commerce, residents of more than 40 economies are not allowed to buy or pay for foreign products by the Internet. This article, with data from 95 economies in the period 2012–2017, concludes that Internet penetration development increases international tourism expenditure. On the other hand, the control of foreign exchange decreases the relationship between internet penetration and tourism expenditure. Therefore, Fxc is clearly a barrier to electronic internationalization and tourism expenditure.

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Inside the Black Box of Internet Adoption: The Role of Migration and Networking in Internet Penetration in West Africa

Policy & Internet ◽

10.1002/poi3.87 ◽

2015 ◽

Vol 7 (4) ◽

pp. 423-446 ◽

Cited By ~ 2

Author(s):

Linnet Taylor

Keyword(s):

West Africa ◽

Black Box ◽

Internet Adoption ◽

Internet Penetration

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The Role of Education in E-Commerce Adoption

E-Commerce in Regional Small to Medium Enterprises ◽

10.4018/978-1-59904-123-0.ch010 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 291-327

Author(s):

Robert MacGregor ◽

Lejla Vrazalic

Keyword(s):

Salt Lake ◽

Salt Lake City ◽

Regional Area ◽

The Usa ◽

Per Capita ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Lake City ◽

Developed Nations

The key aim of the study presented in this book is to determine how SMEs located in regional areas are going about e-commerce adoption. The study was undertaken over a period of three years in three highly developed nations all belonging to the OECD and with comparable per capita GDPs and levels of Internet penetration. These included Sweden, Australia, and the USA. In each country, one regional area was surveyed—Varmland (Sweden), Illawarra (Australia), and Salt Lake City (USA).

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The Smartphone as the “Weapon of the Weak”: Assessing the Role of Communication Technologies in Malaysia's Regime Change

Journal of Current Southeast Asian Affairs ◽

10.1177/186810341803700302 ◽

2018 ◽

Vol 37 (3) ◽

pp. 9-29 ◽

Cited By ~ 5

Author(s):

Ross Tapsell

Keyword(s):

Rural Areas ◽

Regime Change ◽

Prime Minister ◽

Theoretical Foundation ◽

Communication Technologies ◽

Digital Era ◽

Instant Messenger ◽

Internet Penetration ◽

Campaign Message

This paper examines the role of new communication technologies in the regime change of Malaysia's 2018 elections. I argue that growing Internet penetration in semi-rural areas of Malaysia's Peninsula “heartlands” allow for new forms of campaign message to be spread in unique and compelling ways. Facebook and instant-messenger platform WhatsApp are playing a prominent role in shaping political discourse in contemporary Malaysia, and this was evident in the election campaign that brought an end to Malaysia's ruling coalition, the Barisan Nasional's, 60-year hold on power. In this article I use James Scott's (1987) Weapons of the Weak as the theoretical foundation for assessing the role of WhatsApp and other social media sites as tools of resistance, specifically in spreading information about the corruption and nepotism of Prime Minister Najib Razak and his wife, Rosmah Mansour. Given the prominence of the smartphone for news and information in Southeast Asia, this article explains how the digital era is changing the avenues via which the region receives and shares political information – as well as outlines the consequences that it brings for elections campaigns and democracy.

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