The major role of information and communication technology (ICT) in the new economy is well documented: countries worldwide are pouring resources into their ICT infrastructure despite the widely acknowledged ‘‘productivity paradox’’. Evaluating the contribution of ICT investments has become an elusive but important goal of IS researchers and economists. But this area of research is fraught with...

ICT/technologies are increasingly pervasive and embedded in everyday things and objects, constituting a relevant aspect of social identities. Furthermore ICT use continues to be a highly gendered area of life in all socio-economic and educational backgrounds, and a source of significant social inequality in enduring ways. Gender and ICT/technologies is an international growing field of research...

In many countries, information and communication technology (ICT) has a lucid impact on the development of educational curriculum. This is the era of Information Communication Technology, so to perk up educational planning it is indispensable to implement the ICT in Education sector. Student can perform well throughout the usage of ICT. ICT helps the students to augment their knowledge skills a...

the purpose of the present study was to design the model of ict in iran physical education organization. 630 experts and professionals who were graduate students participated in the study. according to morgan table, 235 participants were selected to answer swot analysis questionnaire. the validity and reliability of the questionnaire (a= 97%) was confirmed and it was distributed among the parti...

nowadays, innovation is one of the most important factors for a business to survive. due to rapid changes and short life cycle of technology in information and communication technology (ict) companies, considerable attention is given to innovation. this study aims to identify and rank the impact factors on open innovation success in ict firms. this practical research is quantitative and uses th...

the impact of information & communication technology to increase financial transactions in different fields shows the positive developments of this industry in iran. but, is the ict industry also can be effective in the economic capital of the country? it occurs when the ict industry has a good performance in the capital markets. in this study, the ict industry in the tehran stock exchange was ...

Integrating ICT in teaching and learning is high on the educational reform agenda of developed and developing countries. For developing countries, ICT can be seen as a way to merge and even leapfrog into a globalizing, technological world. Yet in practice the use of ICT for teaching practice is limited at best. Much research is therefore done on factors influencing or constraining the use of IC...

BACKGROUND Information and communication technologies have become a vital infrastructural asset for use in the retention of rural health workers. However, little is known about the potential influence of ICT use, perceptions of health workers on ICT in healthcare delivery, and contribution of ICT to health care providers' retention in rural and remote areas in rural post-war and conflict situat...