The objective of this paper is to develop a scenario for the development of the world's economy, in which China and America become the two global economic hegemons, who dominate over other players, mainly including the EU, Japan and other BRICs, in a new multi polar world. For the purpose of...

The paper analyzes the multi-channel contribution of Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) to output and labour productivity growth in eight transition economies of Central and Eastern Europe (CEE), i.e. Bulgaria, Czech Republic, Hungary, Poland, Romania, Russia, Slovakia and Slovenia...

The purpose of this paper is to analyze the potential of ICT in the Central and Eastern European (CEE) countries for faster convergence with the EU-15 income level. The paper investigates this question from both macro and industry perspectives. First, it argues that, between 1995 and 2001, ICT...

There is large evidence on a positive impact of information and communication technologies (ICT) on economic growth and productivity in a number of developed countries in the 1990’s. There are however no studies, which would estimate the contribution of ICT to growth and productivity in...