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INTERNATIONAL CONFERENCE
ON BRIDGING DIGITAL DIVIDE 2007
(ICBDD 2007)
WAS HELD IN
NEW DELHI, INDIA
DURING January 4-6, 2007
AT MANAGEMENT DEVELOPMENT INSTITUTE (Gurgaon)
Conference Co-Sponsor: Management Development
Institute, Gurgaon, India
Program Chair: James A. Rodgers,
Professor of MIS, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
Conference Co-Chairs: Rajendar K.
Garg, Professor of Marketing, Indiana University of Pennsylvania, USA
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M.P. Jaiswal, Professor of Information Management, Management
Development Institute, Gurgaon, India
THE CONFERENCE WAS
FINANCIALLY SUPPORTED BY IBM INDIA LTD.
An edited book
entitled, Bridging Digital Divide, using a select group of papers was
published. The book was published by Macmillan Publishing Company,
India. Following are the details of this book:
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Author(s) |
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Rajendar K Garg, Mahadeo
Jaiswal |
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ISBN |
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9780230630352 |
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Imprint |
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Macmillan India |
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Copyright |
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2007 |
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Trim Size |
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7.25''9.5'' |
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Pages |
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284 |
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Binding |
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Paperback |
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List Price |
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Rs. 750.00 |
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Language |
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English |
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Associated Institute |
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Management Development
Institute, Gurgaon |
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About the Book |
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Bridging digital divide
is arguably the emerging
paradigm of the century.
The digital revolution
is making profound
impact on society and
bringing radical change
in all aspects of life.
Any disparity in access
to digital
infrastructure can
create cracks in society
across social matrix.
This book is an attempt
to bring forth the
issues dealing with
bridging digital divide
and contains research
based articles
contributed by
multidisciplinary
scholars of different
countries. A compilation
of 18 select papers/
case studies are
included in the book
into following three
sections.
• Bridging Digital
Divide
• ICT for Development
• ICT, Business and
Management |
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About Author(s)
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Rajendar Garg is
currently Professor of Marketing at Indiana
University of Pennsylvania, USA.
Mahadeo Jaiswal, Ph.D. is currently
Professor of Information Systems at Management
Development Institute, Gurgaon. |
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Conference Theme, Nature and Scope
of 2007 Conference
The theme of this conference was to bring together professionals from
various parts of the world to look at strategies for bridging the
digital divide and identify strategies that would leverage market forces
to help bring about the bridging of the digital divide and identifying
leapfrogging strategies for emerging economies. Papers dealing with all
aspects of Online Business and Management are welcome. In particular,
papers that explore the multidisciplinary nature of the subject matter
were encouraged.
Specifically, the conference included the following
tracks:
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Digital Divide - Facts and Strategies for bridging
the digital divide, Implementation Patterns of bridging digital
divide.
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Right to Information Issues, Practice and Legal
issues.
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Global E-Governance Issues
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IT Enabled Services, E-Services, Business Process
Outsourcing (BPO) services, etc.
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E-Business Strategies and Models
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E-Learning Issues and Strategies
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E-Marketing Issues and Strategies
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Security and Privacy Issues, Cyber Law
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Technology Integration, Digital Infrastructure
Issues
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Cultural Issues in Digital Environment
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Societal Impact and Implications of Digitization
To see some of the photos of this conference,
please click here
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