From Public Loudspeakers to the Internet: The Adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) by Small Enterprise Clusters in Vietnam1

‘Rural Informatics’: Use of Information and Communication Technologies for the Rural Poor – From Digital Divide to Digital Opportunity in Rural India

“…Galperin (2005) examines the success of collective action by business owners in rural context of Scotland. Konstadakopulos (2005) points out through a case study of artisan development in Vietnam that formulation of clusters helped to avail benefits of technology for small-scale entrepreneurs in Vietnam. Misra and Vijayadita (2006) also bring out the importance of a community-focused approach for ensuring success to ICT initiatives for rural governance.…”

Urban entrepreneurs, ICTs, and emerging theories: a new direction for development communication1

“…Since studies of ICTs and micro-and small enterprises have most often been done in rural settings (for example, Konstadakopulos, 2005) or have been based on case studies (for example, United Nations Development Programme, 2005) or on small non-random samples (for example, Donner, 2006), we would urge scholars to fill this gap in the literature by undertaking their investigations in urban settings with larger and more representative samples of micro-and small business owners. Such research will undoubtedly help address whether the mobile phone as voice mail and SMS message device, the mobile phone in connection with cybercafés, or the mobile phone as means to access the Internet turns out to be the communication mode of choice for MSEs of the global South.…”

The Economic Impact of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) on Microenterprises in the Context of Development

“…Moreover, since studies of ICTs and micro-enterprises have most often been based on fieldwork in rural settings (e.g., Duncombe and Heeks, 2002;Galperin, 2005;Konstadakopulos, 2005, Jensen, 2007 or are case studies (e.g., United Nations Development Programme, 2005;Jagun et al, 2007) or report findings from small, non-random samples (e.g. Donner, 2006;Molony, 2006), our research will fill a gap in the literature by studying a relatively large number of urban microenterprises and their owners, selected by random sampling.…”