Although countries are intensively using information and communication technology (ICT), ICT's effects on human development have not yet been fully elucidated. Some recent studies have addressed the effect of ICT use on human development, but have ...

As more new technologies and paradigms involving manufacturing are being introduced to manufacturing industry, the term Industry 4.0 emerges and marks a new evolutionary stage of manufacturing industry. However, different industry situations in ...

Influenced by the global uptake of digital transformations, governments in developing countries are making considerable investments in digital transformation initiatives; however, these often result in very high failure rates. The overall purpose ...

Protection of smartphone devices is a capital-enhancing activity that is rooted in the safe and secure use of these devices. However, the socio-economic and digital disparities affect such protective behaviour - specifically in developing nations where ...

Researchers have extensively discussed the importance of collaborative efforts between public organizations, especially in developing countries. For outsourcing projects to be delivered successfully, collaboration is seen as a vital business trait. Due ...

Publishing is one of the central components of scientific endeavor and has undergone significant developments lately, due to the digitisation of scholarly communication and consequent emergence and uptake of open access movement. This also led to the ...

E-governance has made it possible to provide efficient government administration and services through ICT. ICT projects in the private sector do well compared to those in the public sector and worse in government agencies. However, government ICT projects ...

This paper aims to provide a systematic literature review on the adoption of digital financial inclusion in developing countries. A total number of 93 papers from Scopus database for the period of 2015 to 2020 were selected. The selection was done by ...

An increasing number of small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) are modernising their legacy systems by replacing them with enterprise resource planning (ERP) solutions. This transition process is challenging and prone to failure. SMEs, especially those ...

The increasing deployment of artificial intelligence (AI) powered solutions for the public sector is hoped to change how developing countries deliver services in key sectors such as agriculture, healthcare, education, and social sectors. And yet ...

Hyperlocal information systems cater to the needs of the people in a well-defined geographical area. Such information systems are ubiquitously accessible to the users in the developed world through their mobile phones. In developing countries hyperlocal ...

Digital divide has been a common concern during the past two or three decades; traditionally, it refers to a gap between developed and developing countries in the adoption and use of digital technologies. Given the importance of the topic, digital ...

This study aims to develop and test an amalgamated conceptual framework based on Unified Theory of Acceptance and Use of Technology 2 (UTAUT2) with trust (TR), emotional attachment (EA), resource and material sharing (RA), communication (COM) and ...

This paper presents a comprehensive review of the related literature on organisational mobile commerce (m-commerce) adoption with the use of an iterative methodology for reviewing, analysing and critically assessing the related literature. Such a review ...

Online initial trust is one of the impediments that affect the adoption of new information technology (IT) innovations; therefore, improving customer's initial trust is likely to improve the adoption of internet banking services (IBS). This study aims ...

This article reports on research conducted in a South African telecommunications company that experienced a problem of answering critical business questions, while facing a limited budget for business intelligence. Companies in developing countries are ...

Advances in education technology are enabling tremendous advances in learning at scale. However, they typically assume resources taken for granted in developed countries, including reliable electricity, high-bandwidth Internet access, fast WiFi, ...

Problem definition: In this paper, we identify the unique challenges and trade-offs in hydro system development for developing countries and provide a supply chain perspective to expand these countries’ hydro networks for energy, irrigation, and flood ...

The use of mobile health (m-health) applications (apps) to provide healthcare services is on the rise in developing countries. However, their adoption in India is in its infancy. There is a rise in non-communicable diseases in India due to urbanisation, ...

This paper examines how and why innovations are reshaped as they become implemented and used in locales that are distant and distinct from those where the innovation was initially developed. Drawing on an in-depth field study of the innovation process ...