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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 340 g, 13 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113868905X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138689053
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  • Formaat: Paperback / softback, 224 pages, kõrgus x laius: 229x152 mm, kaal: 340 g, 13 Tables, black and white; 5 Line drawings, black and white; 5 Illustrations, black and white
  • Ilmumisaeg: 09-Mar-2017
  • Kirjastus: Routledge
  • ISBN-10: 113868905X
  • ISBN-13: 9781138689053
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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.

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"This book is essential reading for anyone who is interested in the social side of big data and cloud computing, particularly in the developing world. At a time when stories about the promise and peril of new information technologies are front page news, Kshetri, Fredriksson, and Torres provide an indispensable guide that helps us separate facts from hyperbole."

Russell Funk, University of Minnesota, USA

"This remarkable book addresses an important area that many books on these topics dont cover, examining how cloud computing and big data analytics drive social, economic, and environmental transformation in developing countries and outlining unrealized opportunities and challenges in realizing them. Illustrated with case studies from several countries, the book is a valuable source of relevant information for researchers, students, practitioners, and policy-makers interested in embracing the cloud and big data for socio-economic progress in emerging markets."

San Murugesan, Editor in Chief, IEEE IT Professional & BRITE Professional Services, Australia

"This is an outstanding presentation of big data and cloud computing concepts, issues, opportunities, and challenges, including case studies and lessons learned from developing countries. It offers great inspiration, creativity, and cutting edge information which researchers, academics, businesses, and students will be pleased to read."

Tomayess Issa, Curtin University, Australia

List of Figures
ix
List of Tables
x
Preface and Acknowledgments xi
List of Abbreviations
xiii
PART I Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Key Concepts, Issues, Opportunities, and Challenges
1(74)
1 Diffusion of Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Facilitators, Inhibitors, and Consequences
3(28)
1.1 Introduction
3(2)
1.2 Definitions and Concepts
5(3)
1.3 A Survey of BD and the Cloud in Developing Economies
8(3)
1.4 Developing World-Based Firms in the Supply Side of BD and the Cloud
11(5)
1.5 BD and the Cloud Industry and Market in Developing Economies: A Framework
16(8)
1.6 Conclusions and Some Unanswered Questions
24(1)
1.7 Roadmap to the Remainder of This Book
25(6)
2 The Roles and Significance of Mobile Phones in the Value Proposition of Big Data and the Cloud
31(27)
2.1 Introduction
31(3)
2.2 The Deployment of BD- and Cloud-Based Mobile Computing Solutions
34(1)
2.3 Appropriateness, Effectiveness, Feasibility, and Worthwhileness of BD- and Cloud-Based Mobile Computing Solutions in the Developing World
35(5)
2.4 Key Areas of Deployment and Impacts
40(10)
2.5 Discussion and Concluding Comments
50(8)
3 Privacy and Security Issues Associated with BD and the Cloud
58(17)
3.1 Introduction
58(2)
3.2 Characteristics of Big Data and the Cloud in Relation to Security and Privacy
60(4)
3.3 The Security and Privacy Situation in Developing Countries in the Context of BD and the Cloud
64(2)
3.4 Measures Taken at Various Levels to Strengthen Security and Privacy in Developing Countries
66(3)
3.5 Concluding Comments
69(6)
PART II Big Data and Cloud Computing in Key Development Areas in the Global South
75(48)
4 Primary Industries
77(9)
4.1 Introduction
77(2)
4.2 Some BD- and Cloud-Based Applications in the Primary Sector
79(1)
4.3 Key Driving Forces in the Adoption of BD- and Cloud-Based Applications in the Primary Sectors
80(3)
4.4 Concluding Comments
83(3)
5 Education and R&D
86(16)
5.1 Introduction
86(1)
5.2 BD- and Cloud-Based E-Learning Tools and Systems
87(5)
5.3 BD and Cloud Computing in R&D
92(1)
5.4 Key Drivers of BD and Cloud Deployment in E-Learning and R&D
93(3)
5.5 Discussion and Concluding Comments
96(6)
6 E-commerce
102(21)
6.1 Introduction
102(2)
6.2 Some Examples of BD- and Cloud-Based E-Commerce Applications Deployed in Developing Economies
104(4)
6.3 Barriers to E-Commerce in Developing Economies
108(2)
6.4 BD and the Cloud's Potential to Overcome the Barriers to E-Commerce
110(5)
6.5 Discussion and Concluding Comments
115(8)
PART III Case Studies of Diffusion and Impact of BD and Cloud Computing in Major Economies in the Global South
123(76)
7 Sub-Saharan Africa
125(19)
7.1 Introduction
125(1)
7.2 The Current State of BD and Cloud Market
126(4)
7.3 BD and Cloud Deployment in Modem Versus Traditional Sectors
130(2)
7.4 Key Driving Factors of BD and Cloud Industry and Market
132(4)
7.5 Major Constraints Limiting the Development of BD and Cloud Industry and Market
136(2)
7.6 Discussion and Concluding Comments
138(6)
8 India
144(18)
8.1 Introduction
144(2)
8.2 The Current State of BD and Cloud Industry and Market in India: The General Environment
146(1)
8.3 BD and Cloud Industry and Market in India
147(3)
8.4 BD and Cloud Computing Apps in India
150(6)
8.5 Discussion and Concluding Comments
156(6)
9 China
162(25)
9.1 Introduction
162(2)
9.2 The Current State of the Diffusion of BD and Cloud Computing in China
164(8)
9.3 Drivers of BD and Cloud Industry and Market
172(7)
9.4 Discussion and Concluding Comments
179(8)
10 Brazil
187(12)
10.1 Introduction
187(1)
10.2 Key Features of the Brazilian BD and Cloud Industry and Market
188(2)
10.3 Economic and Infrastructural Factors Affecting the Development of the Brazilian Cloud Industry and Market
190(2)
10.4 Institutional- and Policy-Related Factors Affecting the Development of the Brazilian BD and Cloud Industry and Market
192(2)
10.5 Discussion and Concluding Comments
194(5)
PART IV Lessons Learned, Implications, and the Way Forward
199(16)
11 Discussion, Implications, and Conclusion
201(14)
11.1 Introduction
201(1)
11.2 BD and the Cloud in Developing Countries in Relation to Innovation and Technological Progress
202(1)
11.3 Challenges and Obstacles Associated with BD and the Cloud
203(2)
11.4 Implications for Technology Marketers
205(2)
11.5 Policy Implications
207(1)
11.6 What Do We Know About BD and the Cloud in the Developing World?
208(2)
11.7 Future Research Implications
210(2)
11.8 Final Thought
212(3)
Index 215
Nir Kshetri is a Professor at the University of North CarolinaGreensboro, 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.