posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00authored byJessie Kennedy, John RolfeJohn Rolfe, Jill Windle, James Callan
The widespread use of broadband is expected to result in substantial economic benefits in Australia in Australia, but is likely on individual businesses in regional and remote areas is unclear. This paper reviews research on broadband at the national, regional, community and business levels to discuss its expected impact on business in regional and remote communities. Improvements in both productivity and employment and reported at all levels including remote communities. Individual business benefits from more efficient operations, better communication, reduced costs, higher staff satisfaction, opportunities to innovate and, in some cases, improvements in marketing. Changes in business operations do not appear to adversely affect local employment or population, so the overall impact on business in smaller communities appears to be beneficial.
Funding
Category 1 - Australian Competitive Grants (this includes ARC, NHMRC)
History
Start Page
1
End Page
16
Number of Pages
16
Start Date
2006-01-01
ISBN-10
1921047348
Location
Yeppoon, Qld.
Publisher
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management
Place of Publication
Lindfield, NSW
Peer Reviewed
Yes
Open Access
No
External Author Affiliations
Centre for Environmental Management; Faculty of Business and Informatics; International conference; TBA Research Institute;
Era Eligible
Yes
Name of Conference
Australian and New Zealand Academy of Management. International conference