Dissertation
SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A COUNTRY LEVEL ANALYSIS
Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
01/2017
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/116665
Abstract
This dissertation contains three interconnected studies that focus on country-level socio-economic development and information and communications technologies (ICT). The purpose of this dissertation is twofold. The first objective is to examining factors influencing ICT-enabled socio-economic development and ICT skills shortage; the second objective is to provide clustering variables that add to our understanding of the multi-dimensions of a country’s ICT-enabled socio-economic development. This work will contribute to theory and practice in multiple ways. The first essay will examine the influence of ICT-related educational, business and government structures on ICT-enabled socio-economic development. The second essay will explore relationship between ICT skills shortage and its four relevant factors: gender parity in STEM graduates, organizational investment in human resource development, educational quality, and technological infrastructure. The third essay will characterize ICT-enabled socio-economic development that accounts for multiple dimensions of country characteristics, including institutional and individual entrepreneurship, gender equality, and country governance.
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- Title
- SOCIO-ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY: A COUNTRY LEVEL ANALYSIS
- Creators
- Benyawarath Nithithanatchinnapat
- Contributors
- K. D. Joshi (Advisor)John Cullen (Committee Member)Brian French (Committee Member)
- Awarding Institution
- Washington State University
- Academic Unit
- Carson College of Business
- Theses and Dissertations
- Doctor of Philosophy (PhD), Washington State University
- Number of pages
- 139
- Identifiers
- 99900581828001842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Dissertation