Information and Communication Technologies and dynamics of rural areas: a French case study

Technologies de l'Information et de la Communication et dynamiques des espaces ruraux: le cas de la région Midi-Pyrénées

Nicolas Soulié

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Abstract: This paper studies the influence of rural areas density on the diffusion process within firms of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). Besides spatial's determinative factors of the diffusion process, I also deal with organizational and structural factors. The empirical support of the study is a survey of whole rural entreprises of the french region "Midi-Pyrénées". By manipulating this survey, I underline differentiated behaviors in terms of intensity of use of ICT according to the density of the location area, ICT also appear as potential tools of opening up for remotes areas.

Keywords: Rural areas; Innovation-diffusion; Organizational change; Technological change; Information and Communication technologies; Espaces ruraux; Diffusion-innovation; Changement organisationnel; Changement technologique; Technologies de l’Information et de la Communication (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2006-10
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Published in Revue d'économie régionale et urbaine, 2006, 4, pp.531-550. ⟨10.3917/reru.064.0531⟩

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DOI: 10.3917/reru.064.0531

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