International Journal of Economic Behavior and Organization

Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2013

  • Social Learning through Social Networks and Technological Appropriation: The Role of Peer Effects in the Adoption and Use of the Internet in Cameroonian Tontines

    Georges D. MBONDO

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2013
    Pages: 39-49
    Received: Jul. 24, 2013
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    Published: Sep. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: This article attempts to verify whether tontines constitute a social learning platform for the appropriation of technology that underlies patterns of adoption and use of the Internet in sub-Saharan Africa. It uses for this purpose a survey of 2650 households in the cities of Douala, Buea and Limbe and employs initially two zero-inflated count data ... Show More
  • Comprehending Organizational Functioning from a Systems Approach

    Verlin B. Hinsz, Janet L. Sutton

    Issue: Volume 1, Issue 5, October 2013
    Pages: 50-55
    Received: Aug. 27, 2013
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    Published: Sep. 30, 2013
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    Abstract: Specialists in many fields need to describe how organizations under investigation operate and function. These specialists often try to categorize organizations by structural features that are important for understanding how the organizations function. This paper reports the results of a workshop that asked subject matter experts to generate a frame... Show More