Capacity and institution building is a core function of the Food and Agricultural Organization of the United Nations (FAO). FAO has recently started the “Capacity and Institution Building Portal” to provide structured access to information on FAO’s capacity and institution building services and learning resources. To ensure that the Portal can be searched by users and to enable interoperability...

This paper addresses cross-national information policy conflict regarding access to information. This type of information policy conflict appears more complex and controversial than conflicts within one country’s territory. The paper attempts to explore the nature of this cross-national conflict. The responses of the US and Chinese governments and the practices of three multinational companies ...

We model the incentives of individuals to engage in word of mouth (or buzz) about a product, and how a firm may strategically influence this process through its information release and advertising strategies. Individuals receive utility by improving how others perceive them. A firm restricts access to information, advertising may crowd out word of mouth and a credible commitment not to engage i...

This article focuses on the possibilities of using mobile learning in the Bulgarian preschool education of young children. The state preschool educational regulations are presented and discussed. The problem concerning the children's safety when using mobile devices in terms of access to information on the Internet is revealed and analyzed. Two conceptual models of applications for mobile learn...

Spoken dialogue systems promise efficient and natural access to information services from any phone. Recently, spoken dialogue systems for widely used applications such as email, travel information, and customer care have moved from research labs into commercial use. These applications can receive millions of calls a month. This huge amount of spoken dialogue data has led to a need for fully au...

The use of Internet as a general vehicle to support distance learning is a recent orientation of learning with multiple positive and negative consequences. The important disadvantage of such an approach is to forget the difference between information and knowledge, between consultation and pedagogy, leading to poor training as a consequence. The need of providing access to information to a larg...

Incidents of computer abuse, proprietary information leaks and other security lapses have been on an increase. Most often, such security lapses are attributed to internal employees in organizations subverting established organizational information security policy (ISP). As employee compliance with ISP is the key to escalating information security breaches, understanding employee motivation for ...

The advent of electronic commerce has induced many organizafions to develop a Web presence and exploit the opportunities offered by the Intemet. In an environment that commodifizes products and allows for easy imitative bebavior through instant access to information on competitor's offerings, it is not clear how to build a sustainable competitive advantage. This study endeavors to facilitate an...

In a highly mobile and active society, ubiquitous access to information and services is a general desire. The context of users is of high importance for an application to adapt automatically to changing situations and to provide the relevant data. We present a combination of space-based computing and the Semantic Web to provide a communication infrastructure that simplifies sharing data in dyna...

The purpose of this paper is to widen the debate surrounding participation in the eSociety, shifting the focus from access and economic power to skills and knowledge. It will present empirical research which, whilst not starting out as research into skills for the eSociety, revealed some relevant and enlightening issues. Focusing on two diverse contexts of activity (shopping and health care sup...