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Repositori Institucional (O2)
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Jordana Casajuana, Jacint
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Fernández Marín, Xavier
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Sancho Royo, David
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Welp, Yanina
other
Universitat Oberta de Catalunya. Internet Interdisciplinary Institute (IN3)
other
Universitat Pompeu Fabra
2020-02-18T08:24:00Z
2020-02-18T08:24:00Z
2005-11
Jordana, J, Fernández, X, Sancho, D & Welp, Y. (2005). Which Internet policy? Assessing regional initiatives in Spain. The Information Society: An international Journal, 21(5), 341-351. doi: 10.1080/01972240500253509
0197-2243
http://hdl.handle.net/10609/109834
10.1080/01972240500253509
We examine the effect of public policy on the growth of Internet use. Using a decentralized country -Spain- as an example, we compare the 17 Spanish regions to test different Internet policy designs, taking into account the quality and number of specific programs promoted by regional governments, as well as the presence or absence of strategic planning in each region. We treat the percentage of Internet users as a dependent variable to compare its diffusion in different territories. Our findings show that educational levels and economic differences explain about half of the variations observed. Furthermore, the regional policies play a significant role in explaining regional variations. We investigate which public policy instruments are more significant for the development of the Internet, and find that focused policy intervention and complex policy initiatives are more significant than other policy instruments in explaining the increase in the percentage of Internet users.
eng
ICT policy
implementation
Internet diffusion
policy coordination
policy instruments
regional policy
strategic planning
polítiques TIC
implementació
difusió d'Internet
coordinació de polítiques
instruments polítics
política regional
planificació estratègica
políticas TIC
implementación
difusión de Internet
coordinación de políticas
instrumentos políticos
política regional
planificación estratégica
Which Internet policy? Assessing regional initiatives in Spain
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