ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries: Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff

✍ Scribed by Ewa Lechman (auth.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 314
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

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.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter....Pages i-xi
Introduction....Pages 1-6
Technology, The Economy, and Society: Casting the Bridges—Introductory Notes....Pages 7-28
Technology Diffusion....Pages 29-82
Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries: Empirical Evidence....Pages 83-166
What Matters for ICT Diffusion?....Pages 167-222
Conclusion, Recommendations and Implications....Pages 223-245
Back Matter....Pages 247-308

✦ Subjects

Development Economics; R & D/Technology Policy; Information Systems and Communication Service; Emerging Markets/Globalization; Innovation/Technology Management; Communication Studies