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ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries: Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff 2015 ed. [Hardback]

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  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Jun-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319182536
  • ISBN-13: 9783319182537
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  • Formāts: Hardback, 308 pages, height x width: 235x155 mm, weight: 6033 g, 45 Illustrations, black and white; XI, 308 p. 45 illus., 1 Hardback
  • Izdošanas datums: 30-Jun-2015
  • Izdevniecība: Springer International Publishing AG
  • ISBN-10: 3319182536
  • ISBN-13: 9783319182537
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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.    
1 Introduction
1(6)
1.1 Background
1(1)
1.2 The Story
2(1)
1.3 Structure and Content
3(4)
References
6(1)
2 Technology, The Economy, and Society: Casting the Bridges---Introductory Notes
7(22)
2.1 Introduction
7(1)
2.2 Technology: Ideas and Concepts
8(3)
2.3 Technology: A Timeless Value
11(6)
2.4 From Industrial to Information Revolution
17(3)
2.5 ICT: Opportunity Window for Developing Countries?
20(9)
References
23(6)
3 Technology Diffusion
29(54)
3.1 Technology Diffusion: Theoretical Framework
29(4)
3.2 Technology Diffusion and Technological Substitution
33(16)
3.2.1 Technology Diffusion. Concepts and models
34(7)
3.2.2 Approximating Technology Diffusion Trajectories
41(5)
3.2.3 Technological Substitution
46(3)
3.3 The `Critical Mass': What Stands Behind?
49(12)
3.3.1 The `Critical Mass'. Explaining the Concept
49(5)
3.3.2 The `Technological Take-Off' and the `Critical Mass'. A Trial Conceptualisation
54(7)
3.4 Technology Convergence and Technology Convergence Clubs
61(22)
3.4.1 Convergence: Theoretical Specification
63(4)
3.4.2 Convergence Clubs Hypothesis
67(4)
References
71(12)
4 Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence
83(84)
4.1 Introduction
84(1)
4.2 Data Explanation and Rationale
84(3)
4.3 Information and Communication Technologies in Developing Countries: Preliminary Evidence
87(7)
4.4 Shaping Country-Specific ICT Diffusion Trajectories
94(30)
4.4.1 Mobile Cellular Telephony Diffusion
95(12)
4.4.2 Internet Networks Diffusion and Internet Usage
107(17)
4.5 Tracing the Technological Substitution
124(17)
4.5.1 Final Remarks
140(1)
4.6 Technology Convergence, Divergence or Club Convergence? The Worldwide Evidence for the Period 2000--2012
141(21)
4.6.1 Technology Convergence
142(11)
4.6.2 Technology Convergence Clubs
153(6)
4.6.3 Brief Evidence on How Wireless Broadband Networks Expanded Worldwide Over the Period 2010--2012
159(3)
4.7 Summary
162(5)
References
163(4)
5 What Matters for ICT Diffusion?
167(56)
5.1 Introduction
168(1)
5.2 Tracing the `Technological Take-Off' and the `Critical Mass' Effects
168(32)
5.2.1 The Data
169(1)
5.2.2 Ready for the `Technological Take-Off'?
169(31)
5.3 ICT Diffusion Determinants. A `Traditional' Approach
200(19)
5.3.1 The Data
203(1)
5.3.2 Graphical Evidence
204(9)
5.3.3 Panel Regression Results
213(6)
5.4 Summary
219(4)
References
220(3)
6 Conclusion, Recommendations and Implications
223(24)
6.1 Introduction
223(1)
6.2 Underlying Conclusions
224(7)
6.2.1 The First Perspective. Moving Ahead or Lagging Behind?
225(1)
6.2.2 The Second Perspective. Technological Substitution: Illusion or Fact?
226(1)
6.2.3 The Third Perspective. Digital Gaps Closing or Growing?
227(1)
6.2.4 The Fourth Perspective. Ready for the `ICT Revolution'?
228(3)
6.3 A Brief Look at ICT Policies in Developing Countries
231(6)
6.3.1 What Needs to Be Addressed? Some Recommendations
231(2)
6.3.2 A Few Words on ICT Policies and e-Strategies Implementation in Developing Countries
233(4)
6.4 Toward the Great Escape?
237(10)
References
241(6)
Appendix A ICT Core Indicators: Definitions 247(2)
Appendix B Core ICT Indicators. Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Economies. Years 1975 and 2012 249(4)
Appendix C Countries Included in the Technology Convergence Analysis. Core ICT Indicators. Period 2000--2012 253(6)
Appendix D ICTs Inequalities. 113 World Countries. Period 2000--2012 259(2)
Appendix E ICTs Distributions. 113 World Countries. Period 2000--2012 261(4)
Appendix F ICT Marginal Growths and Replication Coefficients. 17 Low-Income Economies. Period 1995--2012 265(6)
Appendix G ICT Marginal Growths and Replication Coefficients. 29 Lower-Middle-Income Economies. Period 1995--2012 271(8)
Appendix H Mobile Cellular Telephony and Internet Users Penetration Rates: Determinants. Correlation Matrices. Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Economies. Period 1997--2012 279(10)
Appendix I Mobile Cellular Telephony and Internet Users: Regression Results. Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Economies. Period 1997--2012 289(12)
Appendix J `Technological Take-Off' Conditions. Low-Income and Lower-Middle-Income Economies 301
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.