Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development Lessons from Key Industries and Economies in the Global South
Auteurs : Kshetri Nir, Fredriksson Torbjörn, Rojas Torres Diana Carolina
This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users? needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The authors discuss how this framework can be utilized by businesses, governments, and consumers to accelerate economic growth and overcome information and communication barriers.
By examining the ways in which cloud computing can drive social, economic, and environmental transformation, readers gain a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and challenges these technologies offer. The authors also provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of big data?s diffusion into a wide range of developing economies, such as Brazil and China, illustrating key concepts through in-depth case studies. Special attention is paid to economic development in the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations, introducing readers to the most modern standard of economic evaluation.
Students of information management, entrepreneurship, and development, as well as policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, will find Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development an interesting read and a useful reference source.
Part I: Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Key Concepts, Issues, Opportunities and Challenges
1. Diffusion of Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Facilitators, Inhibitors and Consequences
2. The Roles and Significance of Mobile Phones in the Value Proposition of Big Data and the Cloud
3. Privacy and Security Issues Associated with BD and the Cloud
Part II: Big Data and Cloud Computing in Key Development Areas in the Global South
4. Primary industries
5. Education and R&D
6. E-commerce
Part III: Case Studies of Diffusion and Impact of BD and Cloud Computing in Major Economies in the Global South
7. Sub-Saharan Africa
8. India
9. China
10. Brazil
Part IV: Lessons Learned, Implications and the Way Forward
11. Discussion, Implications and Conclusion
Nir Kshetri is a Professor at the University of North Carolina–Greensboro, USA, and a Research Fellow at the Research Institute for Economics and Business Administration, Kobe University, Japan. He is the author of Global Entrepreneurship, published by Routledge in 2014.
Torbjörn Fredriksson is the Head of ICT-related work for the United Nations Conference on Trade and Development in Geneva, Switzerland.
Diana Carolina Rojas Torres is an Assistant Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation at Universidad de la Sabana, Colombia.
Date de parution : 03-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Date de parution : 03-2017
15.2x22.9 cm
Thèmes de Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development :
Mots-clés :
Cloud Service Customers; industry; Community Knowledge Workers; services; OLPC Program; Provide Cloud Infrastructure Services; Cloud Services; Cloud Industry; Bridge International Academy; Low End Mobile Phones; Mobile Clouds; Waste Pickers; Digitizes Patient Records; Percent CAGR; Provide Cloud Services; SSA Economy; FIFA’s Soccer World Cup; MAR Externality; POS System; Prism Program; FDI Inflow; Chinese Government; WIPO Copyright Treaty; DTP Vaccination; Receive VC Investment; Inter Industry Knowledge Spillovers; DNV GL