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Trust or Cultural Distance—Which Has More Influence in Global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Adoption?

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Interpersonal trust (or simply trust) plays an important role in global information and communications technology (ICT) adoption. Similarly, cultural distance (CD) could also be an important factor. This article provides empirical evidence that trust matters in global ICT adoption, but not CD, after controlling for education and economy. This may provide a partial explanation as to why Asian tiger nations, despite their big cultural distance values were successful in phenomenal ICT/economic growth. Pooling data for three ICT products from multiple nations, it was found that trust is significant when ICT adoption is considered. It is possible that although the direct influence of CD on ICT adoption is not significant, CD may influence global ICT adoption indirectly.

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  1. College of Business Administration, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, US

    Kallol Bagchi & Khendum Choden

  2. James Cook University, JCU Singapore, Singapore, Singapore

    Purnendu Mandal

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Bagchi, K., Mandal, P., Choden, K. (2013). Trust or Cultural Distance—Which Has More Influence in Global Information and Communication Technology (ICT) Adoption?. In: Mandal, P. (eds) Proceedings of the International Conference on Managing the Asian Century. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-4560-61-0_69

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