04032nam 22008655 450 991029846590332120200919071550.03-319-18254-410.1007/978-3-319-18254-4(CKB)3710000000436755(EBL)2094803(SSID)ssj0001524942(PQKBManifestationID)11979182(PQKBTitleCode)TC0001524942(PQKBWorkID)11484407(PQKB)10488595(DE-He213)978-3-319-18254-4(MiAaPQ)EBC2094803(PPN)186396074(EXLCZ)99371000000043675520150622d2015 u| 0engur|n|---|||||txtccrICT Diffusion in Developing Countries Towards a New Concept of Technological Takeoff /by Ewa Lechman1st ed. 2015.Cham :Springer International Publishing :Imprint: Springer,2015.1 online resource (314 p.)Description based upon print version of record.3-319-18253-6 Includes bibliographical references.1 Introduction -- 2 Technology, the Economy, and Society - Casting the Bridges -- 3 Technology Diffusion -- 4 Information and Communication Technologies Diffusion Patterns in Developing Countries - Empirical Evidence -- 5 What Matters for ICT Diffusion? -- 6 Conclusion, Recommendations and Implications -- Appendices.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.Development economicsEconomic policyComputersGlobalizationMarketsManagementIndustrial managementCommunicationDevelopment Economicshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W42000R & D/Technology Policyhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/W43000Information Systems and Communication Servicehttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/I18008Emerging Markets/Globalizationhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/525010Innovation/Technology Managementhttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/518000Communication Studieshttps://scigraph.springernature.com/ontologies/product-market-codes/X28000Development economics.Economic policy.Computers.Globalization.Markets.Management.Industrial management.Communication.Development Economics.R & D/Technology Policy.Information Systems and Communication Service.Emerging Markets/Globalization.Innovation/Technology Management.Communication Studies.005.7302.2330338.9338.926381658.514Lechman Ewaauthttp://id.loc.gov/vocabulary/relators/aut1063538BOOK9910298465903321ICT Diffusion in Developing Countries2532926UNINA