The process of technology diffusion is complex, and one should bear in mind that multiple elements may be claimed as … technology adoption; while demonstrated evidence is scattered and to a great extend it lacks robustness. This paper is designed … to provide empirical evidence on the relationship between the process of ICT diffusion and social development across …

Tension exists between technologists and social thinkers because of the impact technology and innovation have on social … environment is the context in which implementation of technology and innovation takes place, it is widely accepted as the major … with the nature and significance of technology, innovation and social change as well as the relationships between them, and …

literature, the analysis in this paper focuses on the importance of the ICT environment, as a potentially important barrier to … the importance of this ICT environment for asset allocation (and the creation of intangibles) for the financial structure …

’ that started in the early 1980s and the spread of information and communication technology (ICT) that began in the late … relationship between FDI, GDP growth, trade openness and ICT is investigated. The main findings are that democratization and ICT … help them to adopt ICT and to break out of their present ‘low ICT equilibrium’ trap. …

This paper tests the impact of ICT on economic growth for underdeveloped and developing countries by using a panel … dataset for the period of 1995-2006. We first develop the theory between ICT and economic growth. We show that ICT-capital has …. Next, we estimate a panel data set with 131 underdeveloped and developing countries under the assumption that ICT is one of …