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Reports on the conference, "Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century 20032, held in Tennessee, October 2003.
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Reports on the conference, "Ethics of Electronic Information in the 21st Century 20032, held in Tennessee, October 2003.
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To examine the effects of telecommunications on national development, broadly measured in the areas of economic, social, and political change, and cultural development.
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To examine the effects of telecommunications on national development, broadly measured in the areas of economic, social, and political change, and cultural development.
Design/methodology/approach
The results of a structural equation model are reported, designed to examine the bi‐directional relationship between telecommunications infrastructure and national development for countries worldwide. The economic, social, and political development, and cultural changes that result from telecommunications infrastructure are investigated.
Findings
Telecommunications infrastructure effects extend beyond economic impacts to include social, political, and cultural change.
Research limitations/implications
Criteria used to measure development and change, particularly those that examine the effects of telecommunications on culture, are inadequate and do not adequately measure the effects of telecommunications on national development.
Practical implications
Alternative methods of assessment or measure are needed to examine more critically the effects of telecommunications within the context of national development.
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This paper argues for the necessity of deeper investigation into the influence of technology on society, particularly in the area of cultural change.
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Yasmine YahiaMarzouk and Jiafei Jin
This paper aims to examine the impact of environmental scanning (ES) on competitive advantage (CA) through the mediation of organizational resilience dimensions within…
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This paper aims to examine the impact of environmental scanning (ES) on competitive advantage (CA) through the mediation of organizational resilience dimensions within manufacturing small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) in Egypt.
Design/methodology/approach
This study adopts a cross-sectional design to collect data. This study used a self-administered questionnaire to collect data from a sample of 249 Egyptian SMEs. This study employed the Smart partial least square structural equation modeling technique to test the hypotheses.
Findings
ES positively affects CA both directly and indirectly through the mediation of organizational resilience dimensions, namely, robustness and agility. However, ES does not affect integrity; therefore, integrity does not mediate the ES–CA relationship. These results indicate that organizational resilience partially mediates the relationship between ES and CA.
Research limitations/implications
The sample size was small, covering only Egyptian manufacturing SMEs. The results may be different in the service sector and other countries. The study was cross-sectional which could not trace the long-term effects of ES and organizational resilience on CA. Therefore, a longitudinal study should be conducted, based on resource availability.
Practical implications
Managers in Egyptian SMEs should scan their environments to build organizational resilience and, in turn, enhance their CA.
Originality/value
To the best of the authors’ knowledge, this research is among the first endeavors to investigate the role of ES in building CA through organizational resilience in the context of Egyptian SMEs.
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Outlines some of the presentations at the Electronic information in the 21st century (EEI21) symposium at the University of Memphis in October 2004. EEI21 is an internationally…
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Outlines some of the presentations at the Electronic information in the 21st century (EEI21) symposium at the University of Memphis in October 2004. EEI21 is an internationally recognized ethics meeting attracting scholars, practitioners and students interested in a wide range of information ethics and related topics. The EEI21 tradition of thematic focus areas continued with intellectual property rights as the special topic for 2004.
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