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The new economy and developing countries: Assessing the role of ICT diffusion
Baliamoune, Mina N. - 2002
Using data from developing countries, this paper explores the nature and direction of the links between ICT diffusion and per capita income, trade and financial indicators, education, and freedom indicators. Internet hosts, Internet users, personal computers and mobile phones represent...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279303
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashraf, Quamrul; Galor, Oded - 2012
new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010282579
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Cultural diversity, geographical isolation, and the origin of the wealth of nations
Ashrafy, Quamrul; Galorz, Oded - 2011
new technological paradigm, which delayed their industrialization and, hence, their take-off to a state of sustained … development in the agricultural stage but has had a negative impact on income per capita in the course of industrialization; and … economic development in the process of industrialization. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010284033
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New economy in growth and development
Pohjola, Matti - 2002
The benefits from the New Economy should accrue as improvements in productivity and economic growth. But while the use of information and communication technology seems to have had a substantial impact on the performance of the United States economy, the evidence for other countries is much...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010279209
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Generalized barriers to entry and economic development
Saviotti, Paolo; Pyka, Andreas - 2009
In this paper we are going to analyze the dynamics of barriers to entry at the international level. In our model economic development takes place and continues in the long run due to the emergence of new sectors, which can compensate for the diminishing ability of mature sectors to create...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010298845
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Degrees of development: how geographic latitude sets the pace of industrialization and demographic change
Strulik, Holger - 2008
Successful economic development is usually characterized by two salient phenomena: industrialization and demographic …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010264936
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Entrepreneurship, stages of development, and industrialization
Ács, Zoltan J.; Naudé, Wim - 2011
Unlike in the past where industrial policy was either focused on creation and growth of state-owned firms or alternatively consisted merely of broadly functional policies without consideration for firm or entrepreneurial specifics, the requirement now is that future industrial policy ought to be...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010280061
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Establishment of science parks in the federal region of Kurdistan
Heshmati, Almas - 2007
New growth models consider the role of technology in production. The link between product flows and information flows in international trade suggests investment in information technology as a leading sector in the developing countries growth. Several studies establish relationships between...
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010268556
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Beyond industrialization: New approaches to development strategy based on the service sector
Sheehan, Peter - 2008
Industrialization occupies a central place in the rich tapestry of development theory and practice. Although that place … income per capita can only occur through industrialization. This paper argues that it is becoming increasingly difficult for … most developing countries to achieve rapid growth through industrialization, and especially through export oriented …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10010273465
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Manufacturing Matters...but It's the Jobs That Count
Felipe, Jesus; Mehta, Aashish; Rhee, Changyong - 2014
decline have fallen as obviously. These results are consistent with the idea that industrialization in employment terms has … been more important for eventual prosperity than has industrialization in output terms; and that high manufacturing … industrialization may have become more difficult. …
Persistent link: https://www.econbiz.de/10011432708