By capturing the adoption of digital services and applications as well as digital industry development, this paper constructs a comprehensive index to measure digitalization at the city level in the People's Republic of China (PRC) and investigates the impact of digitalization on income...

This paper presents evidence on the spatial distribution and effects of urban agglomeration on firm innovation. It uses a unique dataset that consistently defines city boundaries and identifies firms' innovation-related activities across 25 developing countries in Asia. We find firm innovation...

Technological advances of the fourth industrial revolution (4IR) threaten Southeast Asian countries’ industrialization model and expose its workforce to the risk of substitution. Using the Dynamic Pattern Synthesis method to ascertain how Southeast Asian countries are prepared to face these...

Like most of International Institutions, the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) considers universal access to finance as key to empowering disadvantaged people. Fitting into that context, this study aims to assess the accelerating role of digital technologies using mobile phone...

India's creative economy is large, but its untapped potential is even larger. This study provides the first reliable measure on the size of India's creative economy, explores the many challenges faced by the creative industries, and provides recommendations to make India one of the most creative...

This study examines the synergies between innovation, ICT, and sustainable development in the context of Saudi Arabian organizations, through the data derived from the responses of 407 top-level administrative employees from different organizations within the government and the private sectors...

Durch die rasant steigende Datenmenge ergeben sich viele Möglichkeiten, neue datengetriebene Geschäftsmodelle zu entwickeln. Die Datenökonomie gewinnt immer mehr an Bedeutung. Damit das ökonomische Potenzial ausgeschöpft werden kann, ist es elementar, dass genügend Fachkräfte verfügbar...

A new industrial development paradigm, the Fifth Industrial Revolution or 'Industry 5.0' is expected to humanise green technological innovation (GTI), social resilience, and sustainable development of industrial ecosystems. Emphasising the supplier-customer interaction, 'Industry 5.0' is...