Economics-related ICT research has moved from the fringes of the discipline to penetrate all of its branches. It is, therefore, not a separate economics sub-discipline. It is also unlikely to become part of an ‘ICT or Internet Research’ proto-discipline. Instead, it should be seen as only one part of a bigger agenda toward a proper ‘information and knowledge economics’ and possibly a future pro...

Tourism has grown considerably in Cook Islands over the last 25 years, and is now the dominant sector in the economy. Visitor numbers have risen from less than 10,000 in 1976 to nearly 73,000 in 2002. While tourism is crucial to leading the future economic growth of Cook Islands, it is a complicated industry that indirectly affects many other sectors of the economy. It is important that clear s...

Generation and exploitation of knowledge became one of the most significant components in the new economy. This paper first investigates influence of information and communications technology on economy, with specific emphasis on Internet economy and electronic commerce. The paper then describes characteristics of the knowledge economy, discusses knowledge, presents main issues relevant for bui...

The transition to the New Economy accelerated in the last half of the 1990s. Using new economy index measures, one can see that rapid growth in service sector activity from 1990 to 2000, at 45 percent, overshadowed the performance of the nation’s manufacturing sector, at 22 percent (Atkinson and Court). We now live in an economy where 80 percent of all workers do not produce things. Even within...

This paper will first review existing literatures and empirical results from national statistics on employment transformation, underemployment and gender effects on occupational restructuring. Then, we further examine the relation between unemployment and underemployment by conducting an empirical survey. From the national statistics, we found that the employment structure by industry in Taiwan...

The idealistic beginnings of the sharing economy made ways to an entrenched battle to win over the public opinion and for law makers to appreciate its benefits and its risks. The stakes are high as the success of services like Airbnb reveals that under-utilized assets (e.g. spare rooms or apartments left vacant) can be efficiently matched to individual demands to generate a significant surplus ...

Sullivan’s model presents an opportunity to explore the management of intellectual property (IP) as a specialised activity in the discipline of knowledge management. The model is analysed in terms of strengths and weaknesses to gain a better understanding of the relationship between knowledge, the demands of the new economy and the role of intellectual property in organisations. The analysis fo...

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...

Stories about the “sharing economy” are increasingly making the headlines in the media and research. While the sharing economy is booming and attractive, research has found evidence of racial discrimination on these sharing economy platforms. To begin to address this issue, this research in-progress paper proposes a theoretical model to examine the effects of racial similarity and ratings on an...