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| Mishra, Ashok K.; Park, Timothy A.. |
| The Internet may reduce constraints on a farmers ability to receive and manage information, regardless of where the farm is located or when the information is used. Using a count data estimation procedure, this study attempts to examine the key farm, operator, regional, and household characteristics that influence the number of Internet applications used by farm households. Findings indicate that educational level of the farm operator, farm size, farm diversification, off-farm income, off-farm investments, and regional location of the farm have a significant impact on the number of Internet applications used. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Computers; Count data method; Education; Farm households; Internet applications; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 2005 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/10234 |
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| Hoag, Dana L.; Ascough, James C.; Frasier, W. Marshall. |
| Computers change rapidly, yet the last survey on computer use in agriculture was in 1991. We surveyed Great Plains producers in 1995 and used logit analysis to characterize adopters and non-adopters. About 37% of these producers use computers which is consistent with the general population. We confirmed previous surveys emphasizing the importance of education, age/experience, and other farm characteristics on adoption. However, we also found that education and experience may no longer be a significant influence. Future research and education could focus on when and where computers are most needed, and therefore when adoption is most appropriate. |
| Tipo: Journal Article |
Palavras-chave: Adoption; Agriculture; Computers; Farmers; Great Plains; Logit; Farm Management. |
| Ano: 1999 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/15144 |
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| Jackson, Tyrone W.; Perloff, Jeffrey M.. |
| A Markov model shows the degree of brand loyalty to Apple, Compaq, IBM, and Wyse personal computers by large corporate customers of Businessland, a large reseller of personal computers in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Because Businessland temporarily lost its franchise to carry Compaq for half a year in the middle of our sample, the model captures the effect on Businessland's sales of rival brands when a name brand is eliminated and then reintroduced. Large corporate customers were brand-loyal and relatively price insensitive. Their loyalty did not diminish over time. They did not view IBM-compatible computers as perfect substitutes. Eliminating and then reintroducing a brand has different short- and long-run effects. It is difficult to explain which... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Brands; Computers; Consumers; Markov model; Multinominal logit; Consumer/Household Economics. |
| Ano: 1996 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/47283 |
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| Chinn, Menzie D.; Fairlie, Robert W.. |
| To identify the determinants of cross-country disparities in personal computer and Internet penetration, we examine a panel of 161 countries over the 1999-2001 period. Our candidate variables include economic variables (income per capita, years of schooling, illiteracy, trade openness), demographic variables (youth and aged dependency ratios, urbanization rate), infrastructure indicators (telephone density, electricity consumption), telecommunications pricing measures, and regulatory quality. With the exception of trade openness and the telecom pricing measures, these variables enter in as statistically significant in most specifications for computer use. A similar pattern holds true for Internet use, except that telephone density and aged dependency... |
| Tipo: Working or Discussion Paper |
Palavras-chave: Computers; Internet; Digital divide; Infrastructure; Pricing; Regulation; Teaching/Communication/Extension/Profession; O30; L96. |
| Ano: 2004 |
URL: http://purl.umn.edu/28408 |
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