1st Edition

Technological Substitution in Asia

By Ewa Lechman Copyright 2018
152 Pages
by Routledge

152 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

152 Pages 9 B/W Illustrations
by Routledge

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... Read more

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

Biography

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.