Information Technology for Development Introduction to Mini-track at HICSS 40

Author

Qureshi, Sajda ; Wolcott, Peter ; Sein, Maung

Author_Institution

University of Nebraska, USA

fYear

2007

fDate

Jan. 2007

Firstpage

225

Lastpage

225

Abstract

Information Technology for Development (ITD) is the application and development of Information Technology infrastructures to bring about economic, social and human development in emerging and developed economies. Contributions of research in ITD over twenty years have been to the management of economies through the implementation of IT infrastructures to stimulate national development. Examples of such research include the use of indicators such as gross domestic product and human development indices to assess the effect of IT technologies and infrastructures on national development. Such research provides insight for policy makers seeking to increase business investment in their regions. It also provides guidelines for businesses seeking to implement and use IT infrastructures to support their sourcing strategies.

Keywords

Bridges; Computer aided manufacturing; Computer industry; Educational institutions; Electronics industry; Government; Information technology; Manufacturing industries; Open source software; Software tools;

fLanguage

English

Publisher

ieee

Conference_Titel

System Sciences, 2007. HICSS 2007. 40th Annual Hawaii International Conference on

Conference_Location

Waikoloa, HI, USA

ISSN

1530-1605

Electronic_ISBN

1530-1605

Type

conf

DOI

10.1109/HICSS.2007.276

Filename

4076834