Article ID | Journal | Published Year | Pages | File Type |
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554521 | Information & Management | 2010 | 9 Pages |
Abstract
We developed an alternative approach for measuring information and communication technology (ICT), applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) using data from the International Telecommunications Union as a sample of 183 economies. We compared the ICT-Opportunity Index (ICT-OI) with our DEA-Opportunity Index (DEA-OI) and found a high correlation between the two. Our findings suggest that both indices are consistent in their measurement of digital opportunity, though differences still exist in different regions. Our new DEA-OI offers much more than the ICT-OI. Using our model, the target and peer groups for each country can be identified.
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Authors
Ali Emrouznejad, Emilyn Cabanda, Roya Gholami,