The Diffusion of IT in the Historical Context of Innovations from Developed Countries

Autor/in	James, Jeffrey
Titel	The Diffusion of IT in the Historical Context of Innovations from Developed Countries
Quelle	In: Social Indicators Research, 111 (2013) 1, S.175-184 (10 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	0303-8300
DOI	10.1007/s11205-011-9989-0
Schlagwörter	Developed Nations; Developing Nations; Telecommunications; Population Distribution; Innovation; Research and Development; Information Technology; History; Social Indicators + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Developed countries; Industriestaat; Industrieland; Developing country; Developing countries; Entwicklungsland; Telekommunikationstechnik; Demographical distribution; Bevölkerungsverteilung; Forschung und Entwicklung; Informationstechnologie; Geschichte; Geschichtsdarstellung; Social indicator; Sozialer Indikator
Abstract	The well-known s-shaped diffusion of technology curve generally works well in developed countries. But how does it perform in the very different context of developing countries? Across a wide range of new technologies imported from the developed countries it works poorly. In most cases the penetration rate fails to reach 25% of the population. The reason for this as I see it has to do with the concentration of innovations in the rich countries and the devotion of R&D to rich rather than poor country problems. I redrew the s-shaped curve to reflect these facts. At the other extreme, however, are technologies such as the mobile phone, which have reached a penetration rate in some developing countries that is higher than in certain developed countries. The underlying reason for this unusual experience is thought to be leapfrogging, the conditions for which are especially favourable in the case of mobile phones. Therefore there is a need to redraw the curve that explains the diffusion of most new technologies in developing countries. (Contains 5 tables, 3 figures, and 3 footnotes.) (As Provided).
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Update	2017/4/10