Overview
- Reveals country-specific ICT diffusion trajectories in economically “backward” countries
- Presents a novel conceptualization of the technological takeoff
- Explains why fixed-to-mobile telephony and fixed-to-wireless internet network substitution is an illusion rather than a fact in the economies examined
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About this book
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.
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Table of contents (6 chapters)
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Front Matter
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Authors and Affiliations
About the author
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.
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries
Book Subtitle: Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff
Authors: Ewa Lechman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-18254-4
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Business and Economics, Economics and Finance (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-18253-7Published: 30 June 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-36876-4Published: 15 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-18254-4Published: 22 June 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XI, 308
Number of Illustrations: 45 b/w illustrations
Topics: Development Economics, R & D/Technology Policy, Information Systems and Communication Service, Emerging Markets/Globalization, Innovation/Technology Management, Communication Studies