Author Page for Richard Heeks

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Defining, Conceptualising and Measuring the Digital Economy

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 68

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Rumana Bukht and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester

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Decent Work and the Digital Gig Economy: A Developing Country Perspective on Employment Impacts and Standards in Online Outsourcing, Crowdwork, Etc

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 71, 2017

Number of pages: 82 Posted: 06 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Information and Communication Technologies, Poverty and Development

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 5

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Digital Economy and Digital Labour Terminology: Making Sense of the 'Gig Economy', 'Online Labour', 'Crowd Work', 'Microwork', 'Platform Labour', Etc.

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 70

Number of pages: 17 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Inclusive Innovation: Definition, Conceptualisation and Future Research Priorities

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 53, 2013

Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks, Mirta Amalia, Robert Kintu and Nishant Shah

University of Manchester, University of Manchester - Division of Operations, Technology and Innovation Management, Independent and Leuphana University of Lueneburg

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Failure, Success and Improvisation of Information Systems Projects in Developing Countries

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 11

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Impact Assessment of ICT-for-Development Projects: A Compendium of Approaches

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 36, 2009

Number of pages: 162 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks and Molla Alemayehu

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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The ICT4D 2.0 Manifesto: Where Next for ICTs and International Development?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 42, 2009

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Policies to Support Inclusive Innovation

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 61

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 12 Aug 2019

Christopher Foster and Richard Heeks

University of Sheffield - Information School and University of Manchester

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Understanding the Development Implications of Online Outsourcing: A Study of Digital Labour Platforms in Pakistan

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 73

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 30 Jul 2019

Fareesa Malik, Brian Nicholson and Richard Heeks

National University of Science and Technology, Pakistan - NUST Business School, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and University of Manchester

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Future Priorities for Development Informatics Research from the Post-2015 Development Agenda

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 57, 2014

Number of pages: 46 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Software Export Success Factors and Strategies in Developing and Transitional Economies

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 12

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks and Brian Nicholson

University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Current Analysis and Future Research Agenda on 'Gold Farming': Real-World Production in Developing Countries for the Virtual Economies of Online Games

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 32, 2008

Number of pages: 87 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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A Structural Model and Manifesto for Data Justice for International Development

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 69

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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ICTs and Poverty Eradication: Comparing Economic, Livelihoods and Capabilities Models

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 58, 2014

Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Aug 2019 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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ICT4D 2016: New Priorities for ICT4D Policy, Practice and WSIS in a Post-2015 World

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 59, 2014

Number of pages: 58 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Examining 'Digital Development': The Shape of Things to Come?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 64, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-905469-57-4

Number of pages: 85 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Explaining ERP Failure in Developing Countries: A Jordanian Case Study

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 45, 2010

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Ala'a Hawari and Richard Heeks

affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Manchester

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Impact of ICTs-in-Agriculture on Rural Resilience in Developing Countries

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 84

Number of pages: 69 Posted: 03 Feb 2020

William Hanson and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester, Global Development Institute, Students and University of Manchester

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The Tyranny of Participation in Information Systems: Learning from Development Projects

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 4

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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ICTs and Social Movements under Authoritarian Regimes: An Actor-Network Perspective

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 51, 2013

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks and Ryo Seo-Zindy

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Digital Economy Policy in Developing Countries

DIODE Working Paper no. 6, 2018

Number of pages: 31 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks and Rumana Bukht

University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Measuring the Barriers to Big Data for Development: Design-Reality Gap Analysis in Colombia's Public Sector

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 62

Number of pages: 13 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Liliana Fernández Gómez and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester - Centre for Development Informatics and University of Manchester

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Why Health Care Information Systems Succeed or Fail

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 9

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks, David Mundy and Angel Salazar

University of Manchester, affiliation not provided to SSRN and Manchester Metropolitan University

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ICT Initiatives, Women and Work in Developing Countries: Reinforcing or Changing Gender Inequalities in South India?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 20

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Shoba Arun, Richard Heeks and Sharon Morgan

Manchester Metropolitan University, University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Information, ICTs and Small Enterprise: Findings from Botswana

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 7

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard A. Duncombe and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester and University of Manchester

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Mobile Telephony and Developing Country Micro-Enterprise: A Nigerian Case Study

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 29, 2007

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Abi Jagun, Richard Heeks and Jason Whalley

affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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An Applied Data Justice Framework: Analysing Datafication and Marginalised Communities in Cities of the Global South

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 74 (2018); ISBN: 978-1-905469-88-8

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 26 Jul 2019

Richard Heeks and Satyarupa Swain

University of Manchester and Citizen Consumer and Civic Action Group

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From the MDGs to the Post-2015 Agenda: Analysing Changing Development Priorities

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 56, 2014

Number of pages: 50 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Exploring Big Data for Development: An Electricity Sector Case Study from India

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 66

Number of pages: 32 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Ritam Sengupta, Richard Heeks, Sumandro Chattapadhyay and Christopher Foster

Centre for Studies in Social Sciences, Calcutta, University of Manchester, Centre for Internet and Society (CIS) and University of Sheffield - Information School

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Software Strategies in Developing Countries

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 6

Number of pages: 16 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Can a Process Approach Improve ICT4D Project Success?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 47, 2011

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Matthew Walton and Richard Heeks

University of Oxford - Saint Antony’s College and University of Manchester

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Analysing the Software Sector in Developing Countries Using Competitive Advantage Theory

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 25

Number of pages: 48 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Big Data and Urban Transportation in India: A Bengaluru Bus Corporation Case Study

Manchester Centre for Development Informatics Working Paper 72, 2018

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 30 Jul 2019

Vanya Rakesh, Richard Heeks, Christopher Foster and Sumandro Chattapadhyay

Centre for Internet and Society (CIS), University of Manchester, University of Sheffield - Information School and Centre for Internet and Society (CIS)

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Building e-Governance for Development: A Framework for National and Donor Action

iGovernment Working Paper no. 12

Number of pages: 33 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Conceptualising Information Culture in Developing Countries

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 34, 2008

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 20 Dec 2019

Yingqin Zheng and Richard Heeks

De Montfort University and University of Manchester

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Evaluation of Donor-Funded Information Technology Transfer Projects in China: A Lifecycle Approach

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 1

Number of pages: 35 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Erik Baark and Richard Heeks

affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Manchester

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The Uneven Profile of Indian Software Exports

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 3

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Understanding Urban Climate Change and Digital Infrastructure Interventions from a Resilience Perspective

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 54, 2013

Number of pages: 38 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks and Angelica V Ospina

University of Manchester and Independent

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Digital Start-Ups in the Global South: Embeddedness, Digitality and Peripherality in Latin America

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 67

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Gerardo Quinones, Richard Heeks and Brian Nicholson

University of Manchester, University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Information Systems and Public Sector Accountability

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 1

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Knowledge and Learning in Online Communities in Development: A Social Capital Perspective

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 16

Number of pages: 26 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Sarah Cummings, Richard Heeks and Marleen Huysman

VU University Amsterdam - Athena Institute, University of Manchester and VU University Amsterdam

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Romania's Hardware and Software Industry: Building IT Policy and Capabilities in a Transitional Economy

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 2

Number of pages: 63 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Mihaiela Grundey and Richard Heeks

affiliation not provided to SSRN and University of Manchester

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Analysing the Organisational Risk and Change of CMM Software Process Improvement in a Nearshoring Firm

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 28

Number of pages: 14 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Martha Macias-Garza and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester - Institute for Development Policy and Management and University of Manchester

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Remoteness, Exclusion and Telecentres in Mountain Regions: Analysing ICT-Based 'Information Chains' in Pazos, Peru

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 38, 2009

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks and Laura Leon Kanashiro

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Information Technology and Public Sector Corruption

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 4

Number of pages: 15 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Information Age Reform of the Public Sector: The Potential and Problems of IT for India

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 6

Number of pages: 23 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Uncertainty and Coordination in Global Software Projects: A UK/India-Centred Case Study

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 17

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Su-Ying Lai, Richard Heeks and Brian Nicholson

affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Synching or Sinking: Trajectories and Strategies in Global Software Outsourcing Relationships

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 9

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks, S. Krishna, Brian Nicholson and Sundeep Sahay

University of Manchester, Indian Institute of Management (IIMB), Bangalore, University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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A Profile of Nigeria's Software Industry

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 21

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

H. Abimbola Soriyan and Richard Heeks

Obafemi Awolowo University and University of Manchester

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Understanding E-Waste Management in Developing Countries: Building Sustainability in the Indian ICT Sector

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 52

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks, Logakanthi Subramanian and Carys Jones

University of Manchester, University of Manchester - Centre for Development Informatics and University of Manchester - Department of Planning and Environmental Management

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Data Justice For Development: What Would It Mean?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 63, 2016, ISBN: 978-1-905469-58-1

Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Aug 2019

Richard Heeks and Jaco Renken

University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Global Development Institute

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Digital Economy Policy: The Case Example of Thailand

DIODE Working Paper no. 7, 2018

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks and Rumana Bukht

University of Manchester and University of Manchester - Alliance Manchester Business School

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Centralised vs. Decentralised Management of Public Information Systems: A Core-Periphery Solution

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 7

Number of pages: 25 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Government Data: Understanding the Barriers to Citizen Access and Use

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 10

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Development Studies Research and Actor-Network Theory

Actor-Network Theory for Development Working Paper no. 1

Number of pages: 29 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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An Information Systems Perspective on Ethical Trade and Self-Regulation

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 13

Number of pages: 21 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard A. Duncombe and Richard Heeks

University of Manchester and University of Manchester

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Researching ICT-Based Enterprise in Developing Countries: Analytical Tools and Models

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 30, 2008

Number of pages: 45 Posted: 08 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Public Sector Management Information Systems

Information Systems for Public Sector Management Working Paper no. 5

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Understanding Adoption of e-Government: Principals, Agents and Institutional Dualism

iGovernment Working Paper no. 19 (2009)

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks and Rita Santos

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Understanding e-Governance for Development

iGovernment Working Paper no. 11

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Technological Change in Developing Countries: Opening the Black Box of Process using Actor-Network Theory

Actor-Network Theory for Development Working Paper no. 5

Number of pages: 34 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks and Carolyne Stanforth

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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eGovernment in Africa: Promise and Practice

iGovernment Working Paper no. 13

Number of pages: 28 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Most eGovernment-for-Development Projects Fail: How Can Risks be Reduced?

iGovernment Working Paper no. 14

Number of pages: 19 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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eGovernment as a Carrier of Context

iGovernment Working Paper no. 15

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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Analysing eGovernment Research: Perspectives, Philosophies, Theories, Methods and Practice

iGovernment Working Paper no. 16

Number of pages: 27 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks and Savita Bailur

University of Manchester and affiliation not provided to SSRN

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Benchmarking eGovernment: Improving the National and International Measurement, Evaluation and Comparison of eGovernment

iGovernment Working Paper no. 18 (2006)

Number of pages: 51 Posted: 16 Mar 2020

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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The Economics of ICTs and Global Inequality: Convergence or Divergence for Developing Countries?

Development Informatics Working Paper no. 10a

Number of pages: 22 Posted: 09 Nov 2019

Richard Heeks and Charles Kenny

University of Manchester and Center for Global Development

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Digital Economies and Development: A Research Agenda

DIODE Briefing no. 2

Number of pages: 16

Richard Heeks

University of Manchester

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University of Manchester

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