nep-ict 2010-09-18 papers

on Information and Communication Technologies

Issue of 2010‒09‒18
one paper chosen by
Walter Frisch
University Vienna

ICTs and Urban Microenterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development By Vigneswara Ilavarasan; Mark R Levy

ICTs and Urban Microenterprises: Identifying and Maximizing Opportunities for Economic Development

By:	Vigneswara Ilavarasan; Mark R Levy
Abstract:	The research reported here was guided by three questions: (1) What are the current and potential patterns of mobile phone, landline, PC, and Internet cafÃ© use among urban microentrepreneurs? (2) Are mobile phones, PCs, and Internet cafÃ©s related to the stability or growth of urban microenterprises? (3) Can we identify those urban microentrepreneurs and/or microenterprises for which ICT use is associated with economic growth?
Keywords:	economic development, mobile phone, landline, PCs, internet cafe, ICTs, urban, micro entrepreneurs, stability, growth, potential, patterns, mumbai city, india, communication,
Date:	2010
URL:	http://d.repec.org/n?u=RePEc:ess:wpaper:id:2819&r=ict

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