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New Technologies Adoption and Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries. An Empirical Study for the Period 2000-2011
Equilibrium. Quarterly Journal of Economics and Economic Policy
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New Technologies Adoption and Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries. An Empirical Study for the Period 2000-2011
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Lechman, Ewa; Gdansk University of Technology
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Information and Communication Technologies; adoption patterns; technology diffusion; S-shaped curve; developing countries O11; O33; O5 |
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In recent years, enormous changes are noted worldwide during broad adoption of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT). These unique technologies – often perceived as economic development incentives – have a great ability to spread at high pace and low cost in countries all over the world, bringing people opportunities to contribute to economic development and growth. New Technologies play a special role in developing countries, where their in-country adoption lies in the centre of development strategies. ICT are treated as tools which bring people access to information, education and knowledge, offering unlimited possibilities for wealth-creation. The paper, purely empirical in nature, reports on the pace of adoption of new Information and Communication Technologies in developing countries, and – additionally – investigates country-specific ICT diffusion patterns. We expect to uncover the S-shape curve in the diffusion process in most of developing countries, as well as in the whole country sample. For the analysis purposes, we apply all counties which – according to the World Bank nomenclature – are classified as low-income and lower-middle-income econ- omies. Our sample covers 46 countries (upper-middle-income and high-income economies are excluded from the study purposefully) which are classified as developing economies. The time framework is set for the period of 2000-2011. All data necessary for the analysis are derived from World Telecommunication/ICT Indicators Database 2012 (16th edition).
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Nicolaus Copernicus University in Toruń
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2014-03-18
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info:eu-repo/semantics/article
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application/pdf
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http://apcz.pl/czasopisma/index.php/EQUIL/article/view/EQUIL.2013.028
10.12775/EQUIL.2013.028 |
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Equilibrium; Vol 8, No 4 (2013); 79-106
Equilibrium; Vol 8, No 4 (2013); 79-106 Equilibrium; Vol 8, No 4 (2013); 79-106 2353-3293 1689-765X |
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eng
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http://apcz.pl/czasopisma/index.php/EQUIL/article/view/EQUIL.2013.028/3104
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