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A review of the economic impact of broadband on businesses in regional and rural communities

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posted on 2017-12-06, 00:00 authored by Jessie 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.

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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

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