This report makes a call for why the digital economy matters for developing countries and
what they need to consider when developing a national digital strategy. The world is …

China's rural e-commerce has been developing quickly over the last decade, and it has
shown significant spatial aggregation in some areas. This paper examines this development …

Electronic commerce (EC) has the potential to improve efficiency and productivity in many
areas and, therefore, has received significant attention in many countries. However, there …

This article discusses the development paradigms linked to the idea of an information
society and explains how information and communication technologies (ICTs) are seen as a …

This paper reviews trends and issues in health and in the information and communication
technologies (ICT) market as they relate to the deployment of eHealth solutions in Latin …

The paper analyzes the provision of electronic financial services in countries, the impact of e-
finance on the financial systems, and the leapfrogging opportunities for emerging markets …

Previous work on the exposure of firms to exchange rate risk has primarily focused on US
firms and, surprisingly, found stock returns were not significantly affected by exchange‐rate …

The spread of digital information and communication technologies is enabling firms to
implement electronic commerce. Many expect that the implementation of new means of …

Spain is among the largest producers of organic olive in the world. Yet the Spanish organic
olive oil sector faces a major commercial problem due to an internal demand that is too …

Currently, numerous rural regions face the dual challenges of energy poverty and
environmental pollution, which highlight the urgent need to improve the clean energy …