IRMA-International.org: Creator of Knowledge
Information Resources Management Association
Advancing the Concepts & Practices of Information Resources Management in Modern Organizations

Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Economy: An Empirical Analysis of e-Learning Adoption at Firm-Level

Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Economy: An Empirical Analysis of e-Learning Adoption at Firm-Level
View Sample PDF
Author(s): Maria Rosalia Vicente (University of Oviedo, Spain)and Ana Jesus Lopez (University of Oviedo, Spain)
Copyright: 2010
Pages: 10
Source title: Encyclopedia of E-Business Development and Management in the Global Economy
Source Author(s)/Editor(s): In Lee (Western Illinois University, USA)
DOI: 10.4018/978-1-61520-611-7.ch012

Purchase

View Lifelong Learning in the Knowledge Economy: An Empirical Analysis of e-Learning Adoption at Firm-Level on the publisher's website for pricing and purchasing information.

Abstract

In a global knowledge-based economy, the performance of business organizations depends on ensuring that all categories of employees possess current and up-to-date knowledge and skills. Therefore, businesses must analyze their training needs in greater depth and update workers’ skills much more rapidly than in the past, while attempting to reduce training costs to remain competitive in this changing environment (Roy & Raymond, 2008). This requires organizations to educate and train anyone, anytime, and from anywhere with the lowest possible costs (Ong et al., 2004). Thus, many enterprises have turned to e-Learning as a best practice to provide adequate training to their employees. The aim of this paper is to examine e-learning adoption among a sample of European firms (an area for which empirical evidence is quite scarce), and investigate the factors driving its introduction.

Related Content

Emrah Arğın. © 2022. 16 pages.
Ebru Gülbuğ Erol, Mustafa Gülsün. © 2022. 17 pages.
Yeşim Şener. © 2022. 18 pages.
Salim Kurnaz, Deimantė Žilinskienė. © 2022. 20 pages.
Dorothea Maria Bowyer, Walid El Hamad, Ciorstan Smark, Greg Evan Jones, Claire Beattie, Ying Deng. © 2022. 29 pages.
Savas S. Ates, Vildan Durmaz. © 2022. 24 pages.
Nusret Erceylan, Gaye Atilla. © 2022. 20 pages.
Body Bottom