Big data and cloud computing for development

By:

Kshetri, Nir

Contributor(s):

Fredriksson, Torbjorn

Material type: Text

TextPublication details: Routledge New York 2017Description: viii, 223 pISBN:

9781138689053

Subject(s):

DDC classification:

338.90028557 KSH

Summary: This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The authors discuss how this framework can be utilized by businesses, governments, and consumers to accelerate economic growth and overcome information and communication barriers. By examining the ways in which cloud computing can drive social, economic, and environmental transformation, readers gain a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and challenges these technologies offer. The authors also provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of big data’s diffusion into a wide range of developing economies, such as Brazil and China, illustrating key concepts through in-depth case studies. Special attention is paid to economic development in the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations, introducing readers to the most modern standard of economic evaluation. Students of information management, entrepreneurship, and development, as well as policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, will find Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development an interesting read and a useful reference source.

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Item type	Current library	Collection	Call number	Copy number	Status	Date due	Barcode
Book	Indian Institute of Management LRC General Stacks	IT & Decisions Sciences	338.90028557 KSH (Browse shelf(Opens below))	1	Available		002209

Table of Contents
Part I: Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Key Concepts, Issues, Opportunities and Challenges

1. Diffusion of Big Data and Cloud Computing in the Global South: Facilitators, Inhibitors and Consequences

2. The Roles and Significance of Mobile Phones in the Value Proposition of Big Data and the Cloud

3. Privacy and Security Issues Associated with BD and the Cloud

Part II: Big Data and Cloud Computing in Key Development Areas in the Global South

4. Primary industries

5. Education and R&D

6. E-commerce

Part III: Case Studies of Diffusion and Impact of BD and Cloud Computing in Major Economies in the Global South

7. Sub-Saharan Africa

8. India

9. China

10. Brazil

Part IV: Lessons Learned, Implications and the Way Forward

11. Discussion, Implications and Conclusion

This book provides a framework for evaluating big data and cloud computing based on how they evolve to fit users’ needs in developing countries in key areas, such as agriculture and education. The authors discuss how this framework can be utilized by businesses, governments, and consumers to accelerate economic growth and overcome information and communication barriers.

By examining the ways in which cloud computing can drive social, economic, and environmental transformation, readers gain a nuanced understanding of the opportunities and challenges these technologies offer. The authors also provide an authoritative and up-to-date account of big data’s diffusion into a wide range of developing economies, such as Brazil and China, illustrating key concepts through in-depth case studies. Special attention is paid to economic development in the context of the new Sustainable Development Goals formulated by the United Nations, introducing readers to the most modern standard of economic evaluation.

Students of information management, entrepreneurship, and development, as well as policy makers, researchers, and practitioners, will find Big Data and Cloud Computing for Development an interesting read and a useful reference source.

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