An alternative measure of the ICT-Opportunity Index

Ali Emrouznejad; Emilyn Cabanda; Roya Gholami

doi:10.1016/j.im.2010.04.002

An alternative measure of the ICT-Opportunity Index

Ali Emrouznejad, Emilyn Cabanda, Roya Gholami

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Abstract

We developed an alternative approach for measuring information and communication technology (ICT), applying Data Envelopment Analysis (DEA) using data from the International Telecommunications Union as a sample of 183 economies. We compared the ICT-Opportunity Index (ICT-OI) with our DEA-Opportunity Index (DEA-OI) and found a high correlation between the two. Our findings suggest that both indices are consistent in their measurement of digital opportunity, though differences still exist in different regions. Our new DEA-OI offers much more than the ICT-OI. Using our model, the target and peer groups for each country can be identified.

Original language	English
Pages (from-to)	246-254
Number of pages	9
Journal	Information and Management
Volume	47
Issue number	4
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/j.im.2010.04.002
Publication status	Published - May 2010

Keywords

ICT-opportunity index
DEA-opportunity index
information society
digital divide
linear programming
data envelopment analysis

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