ACEnet

With the advent of Web-based electronic commerce (e-commerce), businesses of all sizes rushed to take advantage of the potential of e-commerce technologies. While large organizations often have ready access to the resources necessary to implement ecommerce strategies, smaller organizations may lack some or all of these resources. Conversely, the increased reach facilitated by e-commerce may allow some small businesses to be viable in areas where limited access to customers might otherwise prevent success. This increased reach may be particularly beneficial in economically depressed rural areas, which may stand to gain greatly from the economic development potential of small businesses. Small businesses in general, and rural small businesses in particular, face a number of hurdles that must be overcome if they are to benefit from e-commerce. This case describes how a not-for-profit agency, the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet), facilitates the use of e-commerce by rural small businesses as a part of an overall strategy for spurring economic development through small businesses. ACEnet provides a number of resources that help small businesses take advantage of e-commerce, including computer labs, Web site hosting, consultative services, and technical and business training. This case illustrates how these services help rural small businesses overcome many of the barriers to successful implementation of e-commerce.

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ACEnet

Cases on Information Technology Series - Annals of Cases on Information Technology ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-592-9.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Craig Van Slyke ◽

Frank Belanger ◽

Marcy Kittner

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Economic Networks ◽

Business Training ◽

Web Based ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Computer Labs

With the advent of Web-based electronic commerce (e-commerce), businesses of all sizes rushed to take advantage of the potential of e-commerce technologies. While large organizations often have ready access to the resources necessary to implement e-commerce strategies, smaller organizations may lack some or all of these resources. Conversely, the increased reach facilitated by e-commerce may allow some small businesses to be viable in areas where limited access to customers might otherwise prevent success. This increased reach may be particularly beneficial in economically depressed rural areas, which may stand to gain greatly from the economic development potential of small businesses. Small businesses in general, and rural small businesses in particular, face a number of hurdles that must be overcome if they are to benefit from e-commerce. This case describes how a not-for-profit agency, the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet), facilitates the use of e-commerce by rural small businesses as a part of an overall strategy for spurring economic development through small businesses. ACEnet provides a number of resources that help small businesses take advantage of e-commerce, including computer labs, Web site hosting, consultative services, and technical and business training. This case illustrates how these services help rural small businesses overcome many of the barriers to successful implementation of e-commerce.

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Pitfalls and Triumphs of Information Technology Management ◽

10.4018/978-1-87828-961-2.ch001 ◽

2011 ◽

pp. 1-20

Author(s):

Craig Van Slyke ◽

France Belanger ◽

Marcy Kittner

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Small Businesses ◽

Successful Implementation ◽

Economic Networks ◽

Business Training ◽

Web Based ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Computer Labs

With the advent of Web-based electronic commerce (e-commerce), businesses of all sizes rushed to take advantage of the potential of e-commerce technologies. While large organizations often have ready access to the resources necessary to implement e-commerce strategies, smaller organizations may lack some or all of these resources. Conversely, the increased reach facilitated by e-commerce may allow some small businesses to be viable in areas where limited access to customers might otherwise prevent success. This increased reach may be particularly beneficial in economically depressed rural areas, which may stand to gain greatly from the economic development potential of small businesses. Small businesses in general, and rural small businesses in particular, face a number of hurdles that must be overcome if they are to benefit from e-commerce. This case describes how a not-for-profit agency, the Appalachian Center for Economic Networks (ACEnet), facilitates the use of e-commerce by rural small businesses as a part of an overall strategy for spurring economic development through small businesses. ACEnet provides a number of resources that help small businesses take advantage of e-commerce; including computer labs, Web site hosting, consultative services, and technical and business training. This case illustrates how these services help rural small businesses overcome many of the barriers to successful implementation of e-commerce.

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Accountable Care and Evidence-Based Decision Making

Health Care Delivery and Clinical Science ◽

10.4018/978-1-5225-3926-1.ch017 ◽

2017 ◽

pp. 360-369

Author(s):

Nilmini Wickramasinghe ◽

Steve Goldberg

Keyword(s):

Decision Making ◽

Quality Care ◽

Evidence Based ◽

Accountable Care ◽

Web Based ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Global Priority ◽

Critical Issues ◽

Evidence Based Decision Making

In today's cost challenged healthcare environment accountable care and evidence-based decision making have become important considerations. Contemporaneous to this is the fact that the superior management of diabetes has become a global priority especially given the exponential increase in the number of diabetes patients as well as the financial implications of treating this silent epidemic. Thus, this research focuses on trying to address these respective yet critical issues by examining the possibility of using a mobile web-based reporting system that taps into existing widely available resources to monitor and manage gestational diabetes. To test this solution, we adopted a randomized control trial with two-arm cross over applied to a not-for profit hospital in Victoria, Australia. From the perspective of practice, we have uncovered far reaching implications for hospital management's cost vs. quality care to patients. In particular, it appears that the adoption of smartphones to support many aspects of care and patient-clinician interactions is prudent.

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Engaging With Stakeholders for Developing an Effective Entrepreneurial Ecosystem in Universities Based in Rural Setup

Rural Entrepreneurship and Innovation in the Digital Era - Advances in E-Business Research ◽

10.4018/978-1-7998-4942-1.ch014 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 252-269

Author(s):

Pranav D. Desai

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Rural Areas ◽

System Development ◽

Entrepreneurial Ecosystem ◽

Business Training ◽

Business College ◽

Innovative Environment ◽

The Status ◽

Set Up ◽

Development Center

This chapter proposes a new model that promotes and develops an entrepreneurial ecosystem in universities based in rural setup. The entrepreneurial universities could accomplish the status as an innovative environment center by collaborating with new businesses. Universities in rural areas can introduce business training, college business hatcheries, and college endeavor government-common society cooperation that enabled entrepreneurial behaviors. The target of a business college filling in as a pioneering entrepreneurial eco-system development center is to animate financial advancement, produce work, and make imaginative innovation-based endeavors or acting as an administration organization. While these services can be provided through a university, a university in a rural set up has an opportunity to act as a center for the economic development in rural areas. Attention is set on the need to create solid coordinated effort among key partners for making progress in building a viable enterprising system.

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Health City: Transforming health and driving economic development

Healthcare Management Forum ◽

10.1177/0840470420942269 ◽

2020 ◽

Vol 34 (1) ◽

pp. 21-25

Author(s):

Reg Joseph ◽

Antonio Bruni ◽

Chris Carvalho

Keyword(s):

Economic Development ◽

Health Outcomes ◽

Health Sector ◽

New Approach ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Health Innovations ◽

Technology Platforms ◽

Pathways Of Care ◽

Sector Data

Health City was established in the fall of 2018 as a Canadian not-for-profit corporation that works with numerous stakeholders to develop new pathways of care that can drive better health outcomes and economic development in the health sector. Data, artificial intelligence, and extended reality are technology platforms in healthcare that are highlighted in the context of Health City Initiatives presented here. Health City’s future area of focus in addressing challenges in procurement for health innovations is also discussed as a new approach that connects the health industry to healthcare. Health City has been an active stakeholder in health innovation in Edmonton and will continue to focus on developing a global niche and owning that space through meaningful partnerships and impactful projects. This will drive improved health outcomes and economic development for the Edmonton region and Canada that can be scaled globally.

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Oyster Demand Adjustments to Counter-Information and Source Treatments in Response to Vibrio vulnificus

Journal of Agricultural and Applied Economics ◽

10.1017/s1074070800003151 ◽

2009 ◽

Vol 41 (3) ◽

pp. 683-696 ◽

Cited By ~ 12

Author(s):

O. Ashton Morgan ◽

Gregory S. Martin ◽

William L. Huth

Keyword(s):

Vibrio Vulnificus ◽

Source Credibility ◽

Web Based ◽

Post Harvest ◽

For Profit ◽

On Demand ◽

Panel Model ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Precautionary Measures ◽

Information Treatment

A web-based contingent behavior analysis was developed to quantify the effect of both negative and positive information treatments and post harvest processes on demand for oysters. Results from a panel model indicate that consumers of raw and cooked oysters behave differently after news of an oyster-related human mortality. While cooked oyster consumers take precautionary measures against risk, raw oyster consumers exhibit optimistic bias and increase their consumption level. Further, by varying the source of a counter-information treatment, we find that source credibility impacts behavior. Oyster consumers, and in particular, raw oyster consumers, are most responsive to information provided by a not-for-profit, nongovernmental organization. Finally, post harvest processing of oysters has no impact on demand.

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NPO Web-Based Accountability: How Can We Know If NPOs Are Doing Good Things?

Nonprofit and Voluntary Sector Quarterly ◽

10.1177/08997640211062856 ◽

2021 ◽

pp. 089976402110628

Author(s):

Vien Chu ◽

Belinda Luke

Keyword(s):

Financial Performance ◽

Social Performance ◽

Performance Information ◽

Regulatory Requirements ◽

Web Based ◽

For Profit ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Performance Reporting ◽

Online Platforms ◽

The Government

This study develops a comprehensive but practical framework for not-for-profit organization (NPO) web-based accountability involving (a) disclosure of operations, financial performance, and social performance, and (b) dialogue; and investigates it in the practices of five Australian NPO award finalists and 160 NPOs more broadly. The findings highlight NPOs’ web-based accountability focused on operational disclosure, promoting NPOs’ activities and mission. However, financial and social performance disclosure was lacking, despite financial performance information being publicly available on the government regulator’s website. Furthermore, the use of online platforms to promote dialogue and exchange was limited. The study suggests that regulatory requirements play an important role in strengthening NPOs’ accountability, and the lack of social performance reporting means it is still unclear what “good things” NPOs are doing.

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Internet Portals in Rural Areas

E-Entrepreneurship and ICT Ventures ◽

10.4018/978-1-61520-597-4.ch006 ◽

2010 ◽

pp. 104-117

Author(s):

Laura Galloway ◽

David Deakins ◽

John Sanders

Keyword(s):

Ownership Structure ◽

Rural Areas ◽

Operating Characteristics ◽

For Profit ◽

Internet Portal ◽

Not For Profit ◽

Part Time ◽

Internet Portals ◽

Privately Owned ◽

Depth Interviews

This paper investigates the ownership structure, operating characteristics and sustainability of six rural internet portals located in Scotland. It builds upon a previous study conducted by Deakins et al. (2003), which examined the characteristics of internet portals. In-depth interviews were conducted with six owners or the operators responsible for maintaining and developing the internet portal. The study discovered that two distinct forms of ownership structure existed. The first form of ownership structure involved dedicated private individuals who self-funded their internet portal activities, while the second form were managed by not-for-profit organisations, such as charitable trusts, that either hired part-time staff or employed volunteer staff to operate their internet portal. The privately owned portals were most effective because they demonstrated a higher degree of commitment via content richness, fullness of the services offered, and the extent of community and local business usage. In contrast, the not-for profit owned internet portals suffered from limited content, a narrow selection of services, some political infighting, low employee commitment, and modest community and business usage. Despite the differences both forms of ownership structure struggled to achieve commercial viability.

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