Which Internet Policy? Assessing Regional Initiatives in Spain     

Jacint Jordana  Xavier Fern  ndez  David Sancho  Yanina Welp 《The Information Society》2005,21(5):341-351

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.  相似文献   

Broadband Utilization in Space: Effects of Population and Economic Structure     

Jacint Jordana  Xavier Fernández  David Sancho  Yanina Welp 《The Information Society》2013,29(5):341-351

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.  相似文献   

Identification and description of controlled clinical trials in Spanish language dental journals          下载免费PDF全文

Julio Villanueva  Isabel Delgado  Julio R. Saldarriaga  Maria Garcia Gargallo  Yanina Amaro  Sebastián Zapata  Lorena Núñez  Gabriel Zamorano  Hector Pardo‐Hernandez  Xavier Bonfill  Conchita Martin 《Health information and libraries journal》2018,35(3):192-201

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