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Factors Affecting the Adoption, Usage and Economics of Broadband
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** Apologies if you receive multiple copies of this announcement** CALL FOR
CHAPTERS Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission: Factors Affecting
the Adoption, Usage and Economics of Broadband
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2006
Edited by: Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Brunel University
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou, Brunel University
Jyoti Choudrie, Swansea University
INTRODUCTION
Governments all over the world are encouraging broadband Internet connectivity
to both residential and household consumers. Nevertheless, despite a large
investment for developing the infrastructure and the provision of access at
affordable prices, the demand for broadband has not increased as expected in
many countries around the globe. The slow rate of broadband adoption can be
supply constrained in the developing world where countries are lagging behind
in infrastructure development but demand constrained in countries where
high-speed access is made available to the majority of the population.
Broadband penetration differs greatly across countries; for example, according
to recent Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD)
statistics some countries such as South Korea (25.5 subscribers per 100
inhabitants) and The Netherlands (22.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) have
reached steady state, whilst others such as Greece (0.8 subscribers per 100
inhabitants)
and Mexico (1.0 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) represent much lower levels of
penetration (OECD 2005). This means that in order to enhance the homogenous
adoption and use of broadband and to reduce the digital divide, it is essential
to focus on understanding both macro and micro level factors influencing the
deployment and use of broadband.
OBJECTIVES
The overall mission of the book is to provide an understanding of the global
diffusion of broadband. Specifically it will focus on following key objectives:
To provide understanding of macro and micro level factors affecting broadband
adoption from both developing and developed nation perspective.
To offer cross-country analysis of broadband policy making and extract
success factors that can be applied in various geographical settings
To provide an understanding of diversity of broadband use, and its impact on
e-commerce, e-business, e-government and household consumer.
To provide implications for practice and policy that may encourage consumer
and SMEs adoption and use of broadband.
Academics/researchers/practitioners are invited to submit their work that
address issues related with adoption and diffusion of broadband Internet and
its usage and impacts on content providers, application developers, e-commerce,
e-business, e-health, e-government, education, employment and work, household
consumers, etc.
AUDIENCE The target audience of this book is readers who wish to learn how
to encourage adoption of broadband and other emerging telecommunication
technologies and applications and also researchers who are interested in the
diffusion of technologies such as broadband. Therefore, the target audience
includes Broadband Service Providers, Policy Makers, Academics/Researchers,
Students of IS and IT Management.
TOPICS The chapters can address topics such as the following, but are not
limited to:
Macro factors (e.g. infrastructure development, competition amongst ISPs,
etc.) affecting the deployment of broadband
Micro factors affecting the adoption and usage of broadband
Socioeconomic/Geographical/Cultural factors
Strategies of broadband access providers and ISPs in different countries
Government policies towards the adoption and diffusion of broadband
Killer applications for the broadband penetration in developing countries
Internet café/Cyber café and adoption of high-speed Internet
Broadband digital divide
Service quality and Security issues
Consumer usage of broadband
Economics of broadband
Impact of broadband on business models in various industries
Impact of broadband on e-commerce, e-business and e-government
Impact of broadband on advanced communication applications such as VoIP
Impact of broadband on household consumers
The socioeconomic impacts of broadband Internet diffusion
SMEs and broadband adoption
Impact of broadband on SMEs business practices
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on
or before June 15, 2006, a manuscript proposal of 2-5 pages clearly explaining
the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals
will be notified by July 15, 2006, about the status of their proposals and sent
chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters (6,000 9,000 words) are
expected to be submitted by October 31, 2006. All submitted chapters will be
reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com,
publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information Science Publishing, IRM
Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints.
CONTACT INFORMATION Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded
electronically or by mail
to: Dr Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. Johns Building,
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 65969
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED],[EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. Johns Building,
Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 66035
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Dr Jyoti Choudrie
School of Business and Economics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea,
SA2 8PP, UK, Tel: +44 (0) 1792513085
Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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CALL FOR CHAPTERS
Global Diffusion of Broadband Data Transmission: Factors Affecting the Adoption, Usage and Economics of Broadband
Submission Deadline: June 15, 2006
Edited by: Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi, Brunel University
Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou, Brunel University
Jyoti Choudrie, Swansea University
INTRODUCTION
Governments all over the world are encouraging broadband Internet connectivity to both residential and household consumers. Nevertheless, despite a large investment for developing the infrastructure and the provision of access at affordable prices, the demand for broadband has not increased as
expected in many countries around the globe. The slow rate of broadband adoption can be supply constrained in the developing world where countries are lagging behind in infrastructure development but demand constrained in countries where high-speed access is made available to the majority of the population. Broadband penetration differs greatly across countries; for example, according to recent Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) statistics some countries such as South Korea (25.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) and The Netherlands (22.5 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) have reached steady state, whilst others such as Greece (0.8 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) and Mexico (1.0 subscribers per 100 inhabitants) represent much lower levels of penetration (OECD 2005). This means that in order to enhance the homogenous adoption and use of broadband and to reduce the digital divide, it is essential to focus on understanding both macro and micro level factors
influencing the deployment and use of broadband.
OBJECTIVES The overall mission of the book is to provide an understanding of the global diffusion of broadband. Specifically it will focus on following key objectives:
- To provide understanding of macro and micro level factors affecting broadband adoption from both developing and developed nation perspective.
- To offer cross-country analysis of broadband policy making and extract success factors that can be applied in various geographical settings
- To provide an understanding of diversity of broadband use, and its impact on e-commerce, e-business, e-government and household consumer.
- To provide implications for practice and policy that may encourage consumer and SMEs adoption and use of broadband.
Academics/researchers/practitioners are invited to submit their work that address issues related with adoption and diffusion of broadband Internet and its usage and impacts on content providers, application developers, e-commerce, e-business, e-health, e-government, education, employment and work, household consumers, etc.
AUDIENCE
The target audience of this book is readers who wish to learn how to encourage adoption of broadband and other emerging telecommunication technologies and applications and also
researchers who are interested in the diffusion of technologies such as broadband. Therefore, the target audience includes Broadband Service Providers, Policy Makers, Academics/Researchers, Students of IS and IT Management.
TOPICS
The chapters can address topics such as the following, but are not limited to:
- Macro factors (e.g. infrastructure development, competition amongst ISPs, etc.) affecting the
deployment of broadband
- Micro factors affecting the adoption and usage of broadband
- Socioeconomic/Geographical/Cultural factors
- Strategies of broadband access providers and ISPs in different countries
- Government policies towards the adoption and diffusion of broadband
- Killer applications for the broadband penetration in developing countries
- Internet café/Cyber café and adoption of high-speed Internet
- Broadband digital divide
- Service quality and Security issues
- Consumer usage of broadband
- Economics of broadband
- Impact of broadband
on business models in various industries
- Impact of broadband on e-commerce, e-business and e-government
- Impact of broadband on advanced communication applications such as VoIP
- Impact of broadband on household consumers
- The socioeconomic impacts of broadband Internet diffusion
- SMEs and broadband adoption
- Impact of broadband on SMEs business practices
SUBMISSION PROCEDURE
Researchers and practitioners are invited to submit on or before June 15, 2006, a manuscript proposal of 2-5 pages clearly explaining the mission and concerns of the proposed chapter. Authors of accepted proposals will be notified by July 15, 2006, about the status of their proposals and sent chapter organizational guidelines. Full chapters (6,000 9,000 words) are expected to be submitted by October 31, 2006. All submitted chapters will be reviewed on a double-blind review basis.
The book is scheduled to be published by Idea Group Inc., www.idea-group.com, publisher of the Idea Group Publishing, Information
Science Publishing, IRM Press, CyberTech Publishing and Idea Group Reference imprints.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Inquiries and submissions can be forwarded electronically or by mail
to: Dr Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
to: Dr Yogesh Kumar Dwivedi
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. Johns Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 65969
Dr Anastasia Papazafeiropoulou
School of Information Systems, Computing and Mathematics, St. Johns Building, Brunel University, Uxbridge, Middlesex, UB8 3PH, UK, Tel: + 44 (0) 18952 66035
Dr Jyoti Choudrie
School of Business and Economics, Swansea University, Singleton Park, Swansea, SA2 8PP, UK, Tel: +44 (0) 1792513085
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