Paper Info
Title
Multinational issues in information technology: a perspective from less developed countries
Abstract
This paper presents a survey of the emerging multinational issues in information technology from the perspective of the Less Developed Countries. The methodology of structured content analysis of published articles is used to examine 132 papers presented at international conferences and published in journals. Emerging from the debate, twenty three frequently raised issues are identified and ranked. Countries of authors of these papers have been ranked according to the importance of information technology in their international trade. The most frequently addressed multinational issues, important from the perspective of less developed countries, are: Information Technology Aid, Employment Creation with Information Technology, Indigenous Information Technology, Regional Information Technology Cooperation, High Cost of Information technology, Training of Information Technologists, Domination by Multinational Corporations, and Domination by Industrialized Countries. Twenty three issues identified from the study are categorized as Perceived Advantages, Perceived Disadvantages, and Implementation Issues. The challenges and opportunities created by the eight most important issues for U.S. multinational corporations in computer industry are also discussed.
Year
DOI
Venue
1991
10.1016/0378-7206(91)90042-Z
Information & Management
Keywords
Field
DocType
developed country,information technology,multinational issue,less developed countries
Multinational corporation,Information technology,Public relations,Sociology,Developing country,Information technology management,Global information system,International business,Information Dissemination,Strategic information system,Marketing
Journal
Volume
Issue
ISSN
21
2
0378-7206
Citations 
PageRank 
References 
4
1.11
2
Authors
2
Name
Order
Citations
PageRank
Satya P. Saraswat141.11
john t gorgone237173.75