... to have “longer legs” and thus more enduring opportunities for ad sales and adoptions. But why do some technologies sustain interest toward widespread adoption and eventual institutionalization, affording opportunities that can be exploited, while others do not? Customer relations Communications...

...Wayne G. Lutters; Mark S. Ackerman The design of viable, small‐scale community spaces on the Net is often a hit‐or‐miss affair. To better understand promising approaches in this design space, it is necessary to go back in time to examine an earlier community technology. A field study is presented...

... for intercommunication and international bodies such as the International Telecommunication Union regulate and develop these standards. Egypt Information technology Communications technology Globalization Networks The game of technology is never finished, and its ramifications are endless (Callon, 1991...

.... Jordan Competition Information technology Communications technology Ireland Singapore In a globalising world, where space and time are often seen to be redefined by information and communication technologies, the limitations on what nations and people can do are also being redefined...

... understanding of the term “virtual” as it applies to work in the twenty‐first century is needed. Work design Information technology Communications technology Organizations increasingly find that virtual work structures are one strategy they can follow to provide increased flexibility...

...Leiser Silva; Eugenio Figueroa B. Proposes a framework for the analysis and the execution of policies aimed at the adoption of information and communication technologies (ICTs) in developing countries. This framework is derived from institutional theory that offers, we argue, an alternative...

... 2001 Communications technology Information management Group working The evolving collaborative organizational model requires new methods for facilitating workgroup interaction (Nunamaker et al., 1993). Although a number of technologies have emerged to support distributed...

..., the book can be seen as a very useful resource for those who are seeking new topics in the field. I would therefore regard this volume as a very good textbook for the study of ICTs from a sociological perspective. William H.   Dutton , Ed . Information and Communication Technologies...

... distribution; and 4 the personal, economic and social characteristics of various adopter categories (innovators, early adopters, early majority, late majority, and laggards). Action research Communications technology Diffusion Electronics Meat The aim of this paper is to contribute...