ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries

Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff

Ewa Lechman (Autor)

Buch | Softcover

XI, 308 Seiten

2016 | Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2015
Springer International Publishing (Verlag)
978-3-319-36876-4 (ISBN)

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This book provides an extensive overview of the diffusion of Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing countries between 2000 and 2012. It covers issues such as country-specific ICT diffusion patterns, technological substitution and technological convergence. By identifying social, economic and institutional prerequisites and analyzing critical country-specific conditions, the author develops a new approach to explaining the emergence of their technological takeoff. Readers will discover how developing countries are now adopting ICTs, rapidly catching up with the developed world in terms of ICT access and use.

Ewa Lechman is an Assistant Professor of Economics at the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdansk University of Technology. Her extensive research interests concentrate on economic development, ICT, and its role in reshaping social and economic systems and various aspects of poverty and economics in developing countries. She coordinates and participates in international research and educational projects and also works as an independent expert assisting with innovation assignments, including the evaluation of small and medium enterprise proposals, EU-financed programmes, and policy design regarding innovativeness, digitalization, education and social exclusion. She was the 2013 winner of an Emerald Literati Network Award for Excellence and is a member of the editorial boards of international journals on technology diffusion, the digital economy and economic development.

1 Introduction.- 2 Technology, the Economy, and Society - Casting the Bridges.- 3 Technology Diffusion.- 4 Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries - Empirical Evidence.- 5 What Matters for ICT Diffusion?.- 6 Conclusion, Recommendations and Implications.- Appendices.

Erscheinungsdatum	21.10.2016
Zusatzinfo	XI, 308 p. 45 illus.
Verlagsort	Cham
Sprache	englisch
Maße	155 x 235 mm
Themenwelt	Wirtschaft ► Volkswirtschaftslehre
Schlagworte	Communication Studies • Computer networking and communications • Developing Countries • Development Economics • Development economics and emerging economies • Economics • Economics and finance • Emerging Markets/Globalization • Fixed-to-Mobile Telephony • ICT • Industrial applications of scientific research and • Information Revolution • Information Systems and Communication Service • Innovation/Technology Management • Market Research • R & D/Technology Policy • R & D/Technology Policy • Research and Development Management • Technological Take-off • technology diffusion
ISBN-10	3-319-36876-1 / 3319368761
ISBN-13	978-3-319-36876-4 / 9783319368764
Zustand	Neuware