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Lessons from broadband development in Canada, Japan, Korea and the United States
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In this paper, the authors examine best practices in broadband network development with an eye toward determining the optimal mix of legislative, regulatory and investment initiatives, and conclude with suggestions how national governments might expedite broadband infrastructure development.About:
This article is published in Telecommunications Policy.The article was published on 2005-09-01. It has received 155 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Broadband mapping in the United States & Policies promoting wireless broadband in the United States.read more
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Universal Service Policy in Vietnam: A Supply – Demand Perspective
TL;DR: In this article, the authors compared the universal service policy in Vietnam with the broadband development policy in South Korea and in Japan in order to evaluate whether the Vietnamese universal policy is efficient, and concluded with a discussion of how an effective universal policy can be designed.
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Entrepreneurship and Government in U.S. High-Tech Policy
TL;DR: In this paper, the authors focus on the information and communication technology (ICT) sector, which illustrates the relevant features of the U.S. innovation system and of recent initiatives.
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The evolution of the policy objectives of South Korea's Broadband Convergence Network from 2004 to 2007
TL;DR: Generativity as a conceptual framework is used to determine whether the objectives for the BcN, based on a content analysis of policy documents and interviews with experts, empowered the network to sustain a generative critical information infrastructure.
Exploring Approaches to Enhance Universal Service in Vietnam
TL;DR: In this article, the authors applied institutional theory to look at the universal service policy in Vietnam and concluded that the Vietnamese universal service was strongly affected by formal institutional factors (the international agreements and the directives of the Communist Party of Vietnam CPV), in which the international agreements played a leading role and the CPV's directives played a guarantee role.
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The Silicon Valley Edge: A Habitat for Innovation and Entrepreneurship
TL;DR: Chong-Moon Lee, William F. Miller, Marguerite Gong Hancock and Henry S. Rowen as mentioned in this paper discuss the role of lawyers in the development of Silicon Valley.
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Conceptualizing the ICT Artifact: Toward Understanding the Role of ICT in National Development
Maung K. Sein,G. Harindranath +1 more
TL;DR: This work uses recent concepts from the IT literature to propose an integrative framework to study the role of ICT in development and suggests that policymakers and donor agencies may find this framework useful in evaluating the potential impact of development interventions using ICT.
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The Growth of Broadband and Electronic Commerce in South Korea: Contributing Factors
TL;DR: It is suggested that the matching of demand and supply is the most important factor in the fast diffusion of broadband in Korea, and fierce infrastructure competition led to quality services at a low fixed price.
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Korea and the Knowledge-based Economy: Making the Transition
Carl Dahlman,Thomas Andersson +1 more
TL;DR: In this article, the authors define a knowledge-based economy as one where knowledge is created, acquired, transmitted and used effectively by enterprises, organizations, individuals and communities, and make the case for better co-ordination among the government, the private sector and civil society to enhance competitiveness and advance economic and social development.
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Information and Communication Technologies and Broad-Based Development: A Partial Review of the Evidence
TL;DR: In this article, the authors reviewed some of the evidence linking telecommunications and the Internet and economic growth, the likely impact of these new ICTs on income inequality and anecdotal evidence regarding the role of the Internet in improving government services and governance.