Statistics and Research
This page has links to statistics and research on e-commerce,
broadband, and ICT.
Contents
This paper was written by Bronwyn Howell and examines the factors
that affect the uptake of broadband in the residential and SME markets.
This paper, written by Bronwyn Howell, analyses the changes that have
taken place over the 18 months period since The
Rural-Urban "Digital Divide" in New Zealand: Fact or Fable?
was published.
This paper, written by Bronwyn Howell and Mark Obren, examines the
factors that affect the uptake of broadband in the residential and SME
markets.
A research symposium entitled "ICTs in New Zealand: Consequences
and Innovations" was held in Wellington on 10 June 2002. This was a
joint effort between Waikato University's Socio-Economic Impacts of ICTs
research group and the E-Commerce Action Team (ECAT). Selected
items from the symposium are available online.
The aim of this report, produced by Statistics New Zealand, is to examine the adoption of IT systems by New Zealand
firms, and to identify what role IT plays in the operation of
businesses. Most of the information presented in this report was
collected in the Business Practices Survey (BPS) conducted in June 2001.
This paper argues that content availability, and a cost-benefit
trade-off supported by bundled products combining access and content,
has stimulated demand for the cable product, thereby creating
competitive pressure on DSL offerings. It was written by Bronwyn
Howell and released in February 2002.
This paper updates The State of e-New Zealand,
produced for the Ministry of Economic Development's E-Commerce
Strategy in November 2000. It was written by Bronwyn Howell and Lisa
Marriott and released in November 2001.
This research was commissioned by the Ministry of Economic
Development in September 2001. It lists recent published research
together with a description and evaluation, and updates the previous e-commerce
bibliography.
This report outlines key results from an empirical survey of Net
Readiness in eight New Zealand industries. To measure the ability of New
Zealand companies to perform and compete in an Internet-based economy
the Net Readiness scorecard, developed by Hartman, Sifonis and Kador
(2000) from their in-depth analysis of Cisco Systems and other
"net" companies, was adapted for the New Zealand Business
context.
This report is a scoping exercise to determine the issues
underpinning New Zealand's ability as a nation to assess its performance
in the field of Electronic Commerce. The intention is that the study
will lead to the commissioning of a project to undertake regular and
routine measurement of New Zealand's performance in order to facilitate understanding of the
development of the nation's economy and to inform the policy-making
process.
This survey was jointly commissioned from AC Nielsen by the Inland
Revenue Department and the Ministry of Economic Development to provide
insight into the level, value, growth and extent of e-commerce
conducted by New Zealand businesses. It was targeted at businesses
with commercial websites and included 800 respondents.
The usefulness of the Internet for commercial and government
services has highlighted the importance of ensuring widespread Internet access by citizens. Consequently, this report focuses on
Internet access as being a key indicator of Māori people’s ability
to use digital technologies, for social, commercial and government
communication.
This report by members of the University of Waikato Management School outlines key
results from a state-of-the-art empirical survey on E-Business practices in 1229 New
Zealand-based organisations.
The purpose of this study was to provide some additional data to
increase understanding of any potential New Zealand geographical
differences in business use of the Internet.
This survey was carried out by BRC Marketing and Social Research in August 2000 and
commissioned by the Ministry of Economic Development.
Comprehensive analysis of e-commerce in New Zealand by David Boles de
Boer, Lewis Evans and Bronwyn Howell of the New Zealand Institute for
the Study of Competition and Regulation.
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