Technological Substitution in Asia Routledge Frontiers of Business Management Series
Auteur : Lechman Ewa
Over last few decades, the world has witnessed, the process of rapid diffusion of new information and communication technologies (ICT) that enforced remarkable changes and structural shifts going far beyond economic sphere of life. ICT become fast available widespread and rapidly growing access to and use of ICT, additionally enhances the process of technological substitution, which consists in switching from the ?old? to ?new? technological solutions. The on-going digital revolution, undeniably, pervasively impacts and reshapes societies and economies, hence deserves special attention and interest. This book provides extensive evidence on information and communication technologies development diffusion patterns, unveils specific ?network effects? that enhance rapid spread of ICT, and detect major macroeconomic determinants of this process, across 36 Asian economies over the period 1980-2015. Moreover, this research traces country-specific patterns of the unique process. We consider two types of technological substitution, namely: ?fixed-to-mobile? type technological substitution process encompasses switching from fixed telephony (?old technology?) to mobile telephony (?new technology?); while the ?fixed-to-wireless? type technological substitution ? switching from fixed (narrowband and/or broadband) fixed Internet networks (?old technologies?) to wireless (mainly broadband) Internet networks (?new technologies?). Moreover, this study empirically identifies the potential effect of selected macroeconomic factors, which may potentially enhance dynamic spread of ICT.
1. Introduction
2. Conceptual and Contextual Framework
3. Identifying ICT Diffusion and Substitution Patterns
4. Elucidating ‘Network Effects’ and ICT Diffusion Determinants in Asia
5. Drawing Lessons from this Book
Ewa Lechman is an Associate Professor of Economics in the Faculty of Management and Economics, Gdańsk University of Technology, Poland. Her extensive research interests concentrate on economic development, ICT, and their role in reshaping social and economic systems and various aspects of poverty and economics in developing countries.
Date de parution : 06-2020
13.8x21.6 cm
Date de parution : 11-2017
13.8x21.6 cm
Thèmes de Technological Substitution in Asia :
Mots-clés :
ICT Diffusion; Mobile Cellular Telephony; Innovation management; ICT Indicator; Technology and innovation; Mobile Cellular Telephony Penetration Rates; Telecommunication industry; Core ICT Indicator; ICT Penetration Rate; Fixed Telephony Penetration Rates; Technological Substitution; Fixed Broadband Network; Country Specific ICT Diffusion; Active Mobile Broadband; Technological Substitution Process; Active Mobile Broadband Subscriptions; Early Diffusion Phase; Telephony Penetration Rate; Mobile Broadband Networks; Techno Economic Paradigms; Monthly Subscription Charge; ICT Indicator Database; ICT Diffusion Trajectory; ITU World Telecommunication; Diffusion Trajectories; Socio-economic Development; Time Invariant Country Specific Effect; Mobile Broadband Penetration Rate