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SME Metasys: A Business Management System for SMEs

Campos, Sérgio Vale Aguiar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

SME Metasys: A Business Management System for SMEs

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The Productivity of Science: An International Analysis Using Peer-Reviewed Publication Data

Smith, Ellen - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This report focuses on the determinants of the first type of research output: new knowledge. There are no direct measures of this type of research output, but several proxies have been typically used. The two most important ones that we will apply during the study are (a) publications and (b)...

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Mobile Health: The Potential of Mobile Telephony to Bring Health Care to the Majority

Giuffrida, Antonio; El-Wahab, Shireen; Anta, Rafael - Inter-American Development Bank - 2009

This paper examines the current and emerging trends in mobile health, with particular emphasis on lessons learned and on potential opportunities for Latin America to apply mobile services to health care efforts to benefit the majority of people.

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Free Software and SMEs, A Perspective of the Future

Campos, Sérgio Vale Aguiar - Inter-American Development Bank - 2005

What is Free Software, Why Free Software , Disadvantages of Free Software, What's Missing in Free Software Today , The Metasys Solution

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Strategic Analysis of Competitiveness and Innovation in the Tourism and Telecommunications Industries: Opportunities and Challenges in Latin America and the Caribbean

Garrido, Celso - Inter-American Development Bank - 2011

This paper analyzes the trends and challenges of competitiveness and innovation in the tourism and telecommunications …

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Development Connections: Unveiling the Impact of New Information Technologies (Summary) Title: Conexiones del desarrollo: Impacto de las nuevas tecnologías de la información (Resum...

Chong, Alberto E. - Inter-American Development Bank; Inter-American …

This executive summary describes the motivation behind this book, the methodologies used, and both the breadth and limits of the studies. The impact evaluations on which the book is based cover the use of ICT in finance, institutions, education, health, the environment, and labor, as evidenced...

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Services Regulation in the Caribbean: Information and Communications Technology

Brown, Kathy-Ann - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

CARIFORUM States have generally taken a cautious approach in adopting commitments under the Economic Partnership Agreement by having them reflect their World Trade Organization commitments, excluding sensitive subsectors, and inscribing broad horizontal reservations. This report assesses the...

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From Cybersecurity to Cybercrime: A Framework for Analysis and Implementation

Zaballos, Antonio García; Herranz, Félix González - Inter-American Development Bank - 2013

This technical note outlines a framework for the analysis of cybersecurity, presenting considerations that are crucial to the success of a holistic and transversal cybersecurity strategy. It describes two essential pieces of the analysis: the broadband ecosystem and the basic terminology and...

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The One Laptop Per Child Initiative: A Framework for Latin America and the IDB

Navarro, Juan Carlos - Inter-American Development Bank - 2006

The One Laptop Per Child initiative is an educational program that aims at deploying millions of rugged, ultra low-cost, individually connected laptop computers to the majority of children in developing nations that today lack access to such devices.

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Internet Diffusion, Innovation and Employment Growth in the Costa Rican Manufacturing Sector

Monge-González, Ricardo; Rodríguez-Álvarez, Juan Antonio - Inter-American Development Bank - 2012

by workers for business purposes does not impact demand for labor. The positive impact of product innovation on labor … female labor demand. These findings underscore the Internet's importance in improving the impact of product innovation on … employment growth and suggest that employee use of the Internet is neither a labor displacement innovation nor a gender or skill …

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