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    Working Paper 36 - Information Technology and the Challenge of Economic Growth in Africa

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    The recent advances in information technology are becoming central to the process of socio-economic development. Information technology offers new ways of exchanging information, and transacting business, changes the nature of the financial and other service sectors and provides efficient means of using the human and institutional capabilities of countries in both the public and private sectors. The world is rapidly moving towards knowledge-based economic structures and information societies, which comprise networks of individuals, firms and countries that are linked electronically and in interdependent relationships. In an increasingly globalized economy, information technology is one of the key determinants of competitiveness and growth of firms and countries. Firms are becoming more competitive on the basis of their knowledge, rather than on the basis of natural endowments or low labor costs. It is becoming increasingly apparent that the role of traditional sources of comparative advantage (a large labor force and abundant natural resources) in determining international competitiveness is diminishing. The competitive and comparative advantages of countries are gradually being determined by access to information technology and knowledge. The comparative advantage that now counts is man-made, engineered by knowledge through the application of information. Since man-made comparative advantage can only be acquired by knowledge and brainpower, the newly emerging knowledge-based economic structures have far reaching implications with regard to labor markets and the roles of technical education, human capital formation and research and development in the process of economic growth. The evolution of the knowledge-based economy is expected to result in increasing the demand for skilled labor and reducing the employment prospects of unskilled labor. And within economies, enterprises would succeed only to the extent that their employees can access and use information and knowledge effectively. Information technology does not only determine the market share and profitability of individual companies in tomorrow's global economy, but it also has a huge impact on future generations of workers and on a country's economic prospects. What are the implications of information technology for the relative fortunes of nations? Countries that invest in and adopt information technology quickly will move ahead and those that fail to rapidly adopt information technology will be left behind. The views on the possible impact of the information revolution on African countries can be grouped in two opposing schools of thought. The first school predicts that as African countries incur an increasing 'technological deficit' the welfare gap between them and the industrialized world would increase. This school stresses that Africa risks further reduction in its ability to generate the resources necessary to accelerate its growth rate and reverse the trend of increasing poverty. On the other hand, the second school believe that information technology may actually help reduce the income gaps between rich and poor countries. In the words of Negroponte (1998): "the Third World five years from now may not be where you think it is. There have been many theories of leapfrog development, none of which has yet survived the test of time. That's about to change". The basic issue separating the two schools with regard to the impact of information technology on African countries is the question of whether Africa and other developing regions could, in the first place have adequate access to the global information Infrastructure, and hence to the information technology age. The prediction of the first school stems from the notion that, starting from an initial position of poverty, African countries would not be able to finance the investments in information infrastructure and computer hardware and software required to access the information technology age. This would, in turn, mean that they would risk increased marginalization in the global economy with severe competitive disadvantage for their goods and services, and hence for their development prospects. The prediction of the second school is based on the argument that the information technology, itself, would provide the means for countries to turn their disadvantages into advantages; adjust to the new ways of doing business; and, put in place the required infrastructure of telecommunications and information systems. This paper reviews Africa's development challenges in an increasingly information and knowledge-based global economy. It outlines the roles of knowledge and information technology in addressing these challenges and also discusses the strategies and policies that Africa and its development partners particularly the African Development Bank could adopt to accelerate the process of integrating the region into the emerging global information system. The paper is organized in five sections. Following this introduction, the next section examines the major developmental challenges facing Africa and what role information technology could play in overcoming them. Section III outlines the policies that would need to be adopted by African countries to improve their information accessibility and examines the initiatives taken by African countries in this domain. Section IV examines the role that could be played by the African Development Bank Group. The conclusion of the paper is provided in the last section.

    Executive Information Systems' Multidimensional Models

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    Executive Information Systems are design to improve the quality of strategic level of management in organization through a new type of technology and several techniques for extracting, transforming, processing, integrating and presenting data in such a way that the organizational knowledge filters can easily associate with this data and turn it into information for the organization. These technologies are known as Business Intelligence Tools. But in order to build analytic reports for Executive Information Systems (EIS) in an organization we need to design a multidimensional model based on the business model from the organization. This paper presents some multidimensional models that can be used in EIS development and propose a new model that is suitable for strategic business requests.Executive Information Systems (EIS), Decision Support Systems (DSS), multidimensional models, Business Intelligence tools, On-Line Analytical Processing (OLAP)

    Leisure Economy: Digitalisasi Event Desa Wisata Mangrove Mayangan

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    The development of tourist destinations in the village, as well as the promotion and marketing of culture, arts, and tourism are one of the flagship programs in Jember Regency, however, intense competition in the tourism world due to the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, has forced villages to change the way they plan their tourism business. In order to survive, villages need to change from a resource-based business to a knowledge-based business/company (business based on knowledge), with the main characteristics of Technology, Information, Communication (ICT). When the main achievement of the village is sustainable competitive advantage or the achievement of sustainable business competitiveness, assistance is needed, assistance is aimed at encouraging village management in the process of achieving and developing knowledge as a village competitive strategy, then human resources need to be directed and fostered to utilize digital technology as a marketing medium at the same time. conduct direct interaction for tourism managers to interact with their customers

    KAJIAN BUSINESS PROCESS RE-ENGINEERING SISTEM INFORMASI PERPUSTAKAAN: STUDI KASUS INSTITUT TEKNOLOGI DEL

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    The development of today’s technology requires libraries to follow the development of existing technologies. Existing information systems must continually be developed to adjust to the evolving needs and developments in information technology. Del Technology Institute as an institution must constantly develop technology-based information systems with either one of them is the library information system. Currently the library information system ITD require development so as to answer the needs of the system at management level. ITD library information systems need to be developed as a knowledge portal and can be accessed using a mobile phone. Besides institutional repository is also an important part that must be provided at the library information system. Therefore, the business process reengineering is a very important part to develop information systems

    The Shifting of the Law Firm Business Model in the Disruption Era

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    The flow of globalization, liberalization and the development of information technology must be anticipated by every law firm. Especially with the massive development of information technology where such condition is often referred to as the disruption era.  It means that the development of information technology in an industry has the potential to replace old players with new ones. In the disruption era, old physical technology will be replaced with digital technology that produces something that is completely new, more efficient and also more useful. In the management of law firm, there are at least two areas of innovation that must be developed: legal service and legal process. To realize an effective and efficient legal process there are two steps that can be taken, the development of Knowledge Management Systems and Knowledge Management Technology.In the perspective of the law firm business model in the era of disruption, in addition to developing legal processes in the form of Client Portal, Information System and Virtual Data Room, it is also necessary to develop electronic document and records management systems (“EDRMS”). The EDRMS development is also carried out to anticipate the application of Case Administration in the Electronic Court (e-Court) which was imposed based on the Republic of Indonesia Supreme Court Regulation No. 3 of 2018. Keywords: Business Model, Law Firm, Disruption Era DOI: 10.7176/JLPG/89-15 Publication date:September 30th 201

    A New Framework for Analyzing Internet Business Model: Cases of China

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    In the recent decades, we have witnessed the growth of information technology (IT) diffusion which has led to digital convergence. This new trend of technology development brings together the telecommunications operators and entertainment media to provide new kinds of business opportunities. However, the research of emerging business models is limited. Knowledge about environmental and technological mechanisms in the adoption of new business models is especially lacking. This paper investigates two cases in the entertainment industry in China - MyShow and Super Girl - initiated in 2004. A new framework for analyzing business model has been proposed based on current research

    Knowledge Management System for Entrepreneur Business Model Selection

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    Nowadays, the information and communication technology (ICT) has become the most important medium for business and entrepreneurship world of timely information especially in commercial area. A computerized-based information system plays a vital role inthe success ofan enterprise. It provides the information a business needs for efficient operations, effective management and competitive advantage easily and quickly. In this project, the author introduces the project concepts that will focus onbusiness models selection for an entrepreneur to choose and adopted the best and right business models that suits them a knowledge-based scheme for facilitating their small and medium enterprises (SMEs). The project is developed using the waterfall model of system development life cycle approach. Waterfall model is one of the most popular incremental project development methodologies. The development of the project conducted by sequence starting with analysis, design, develop, test, and lastly implementation. The prototype covers the presentation of static beneficial data and information required by the SMEs entrepreneurs. The prototype developed has simplified the business by having appropriate documents to publish the data. Eventhough, the prototype not fully covered andcompleted all aspects of SMEs it is deem necessarily for the knowledge and information for existed and future entrepreneurs. By using the prototype, it is very beneficial for a future entrepreneur to have some kind of guidelines and procedures from the references before starting opting for the best businesses to be run. Finally, the author hopes thatthisproject will really be beneficial since it isway to help the to-be entrepreneur to manage the skills and knowledge of its selected business models

    Expert System Development for Law Firm Using Information and Communication Technology in Indonesia

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    Information technology has changed the order of business and industry, including the legal services industry. This change requires law firms to be more creative and innovative in implementing legal processes in the development of information and communications technologies. To survive, a law firm cannot rely on its strengths in reputation and service quality only but also needs to consider the strength in using technology tools. The purpose of this study is to map the need for expert system development in law firms as an effort to deliver an effective and efficient legal process. The method used in this research was the normative legal method with a statute approach and conceptual approach. The results of this study were expected to provide an overview of the modern law firm structure model based on information technology. The results of the study showed that to anticipate changes to the demand for efficiency and the encouragement of regulations related to the use of information technology both in the judicial system and in registration statement processing procedures a law firm must adapt and develop information technology as the basis for the legal process. The stages of development begin with the development of Knowledge Management Technology based on Knowledge Management Systems. The next stage is the development of expert systems in the form of diagnostic systems, planning systems, procedural systems, intelligent checklists, document modelling systems, and argument generation systems. Keywords: Law firm; ICT; legal services industr
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