How the enforcement of competition regulation of information and communications technology affects growth depends on how well firms adapt to competitive pressure. This paper tests this empirically using Peruvian firm-level data matched to a compilation of information and communications...

The European Commission has proposed a new regulatory tool for the governance of digital markets. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) intents to limit the market behavior of socalled gatekeeper companies to ensure contestable and fair digital markets. We review the provisions of the DMA both from a...

Understanding and using ICT is critical for increasing effectiveness of the public sector, improving access to public services, enhancing transparency and engage- ment of various stakeholders in public decision-making processes. At the same time, utilization of new emerging technologies such as...

Open innovation (OI) is among the key strategic resources of enterprises, especially in high-tech sectors such as the ICT industry. The use of OI platforms and/or networks that facilitate access to and sharing of OI knowledge is gaining increasing interest. This study aimed to assess the factors...

Using micro-level data from the period 2001-2018, we document the increased digitalisation of the Danish economy and analyse the effect of digitalisation on sectoral and firm performance measured by sales. We introduce two concepts to measure digitalisation. We approximate the degree to which...

This study aims to analyze the effects of open innovation on the figure of the Information and Communication Technologies Coordinator (ICTC) in the Higher Conservatories of Music (HCM) and Authorized Centers of Spain (ACSs). In some regions, the HCMs are regulated by the regulations applied to...

The following article estimates the value of ICT Specialists in Europe between 2016 and 2021 for 28 European countries. The data were analyzed using the following econometric techniques, namely: Panel Data with Fixed Effects, Panel Data with Random Effects, WLS and Pooled OLS. The results show...

The present study, addresses a research question on the perception of fairness of job losses due to automation technologies amongst general stakeholders. Jennifer Kim (2018) has shown that job displacement due to automation is perceived to be fairer in the United States when compared to...

Various aspects of innovation management have been discussed in literature over the past few decades. Most of the innovation management frameworks have been formulated by undertaking studies in the developed world and lack the industry/culture specific focus. In this paper, we revisit the...

The objective of the paper is to examine the asymmetric relationships between ICT, globalization, and human development in India by analysing the annual data from 1991 to 2019 through the non-linear autoregressive distributed lag (NARDL) model. The result shows that positive (negative) change in...

African governments and the AU have supported the development of the continent’s Information and Communication Technology (ICT) sector. China, too, has increasingly invested in that sector. This Policy Brief argues that while Beijing meets Africa’s need for the development, helps bridge the...

Im Zuge der fortschreitenden Digitalisierung steigt die Menge an Daten, die u. a. durch Maschinen, Sensoren oder Webseiten entstehen und systematisch gespeichert werden können, rasant an. Damit steigt auch das unternehmerische Potenzial, Daten gewinnbringend für die Entwicklung neuer oder die...

This paper looks at public and business attitudes towards artificial intelligence, examining the main factors that influence them. The conceptual model is based on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and was tested through analysis of qualitative and quantitative data....

Vietnamese IT businesses have expanded internationally and have reached a turning point with opportunities and challenges typical when establishing a global brand. To assist Vietnamese IT firms in the development of branding strategies, this study investigated the direct influences of various...

In this modern digital world, goods from the information and communications technology (ICT) sector are the engine of the global economy. While tariffs levied on ICT goods have been eliminated or significantly reduced since the conclusion in December 1996 of the Information Technology Agreement...

Identifying the major driving factors behind variations in profitability across firms is a question addressed by many researchers, at industry, economic sector, country level, or through regional and international comparisons. Empirical approaches have shown that profitability variation across...

The motives behind merger and acquisitions (M&A) are often linked with the opportunities to obtain knowledge and technologies in order to enhance the competitive advantages of companies. In particular, the acquisition of digital technologies through mergers and acquisitions with ICT companies is...

This paper seeks to contribute to the understanding of diffusion patterns and relatedness withinICT as a technology system in the EU28 region. Considering ICT as a technology system, first,I break down ICT into a set of distinct technologies employing OECD and WIPO classifications.Then, using...

In this paper, we seek to establish "sequencing economics" in an architectural theory on agglomerations that are comprised of various segments, such as infrastructure, institutions and human resources. The sequencing of such segments is based on a causal chain, with the notion of "economies of...

This study examines the joint effects of ICT diffusion (composed of access, usage and skills), and foreign direct investment (FDI) on inclusive growth in sub-Saharan Africa (SSA). The study draws on data from the World Bank's World Development Indicators, and the Global Consumption and Income...

This paper looks at public and business attitudes towards artificial intelligence, examining the main factors that influence them. The conceptual model is based on the technology-organization-environment (TOE) framework and was tested through analysis of qualitative and quantitative data....

Die Entstehung und das Wachstum des größten afrikanischen Markts für Informations- und Kommunikationstechnologie (IKT) in Lagos beruhen auf Agglomerationseffekten und dem Zusammenspiel komplementärer Erfolgsfaktoren, die mit positiven externen Effekten behaftet sind. Notwendige Reformen, die...

We explored whether university populations (intensity) moderate the link between FDI (foreign direct investment) or DDI (domestic direct investment) and the city's innovativeness in the ICT sector. With the moderating role of universities between resources and the city's development level, we...

The European Commission has proposed a new regulatory tool for the governance of digital markets. The Digital Markets Act (DMA) intents to limit the market behavior of so-called gatekeeper companies to ensure contestable and fair digital markets. We review the provisions of the DMA both from a...

Acquisition-based dynamic capabilities have become well established as a new imperative for organizing mergers and acquisitions (M&A) processes. However, understanding the full benefits and possible limits of real options applications to measure a dynamic capability-based synergy in M&A deals...

Global value chains (GVCs) are among the critical factors shaping the world economy nowadays. Within cross-border production networks an increasingly important role has been played by the information and communication technology (ICT) sectors. Based on the multi-country input-output database...

This study investigates the relationship between patenting activity, productivity, and market competition at the firm level. We focus on the Information and Communication Technology (ICT) industry as a particular case of an innovative sector whose contribution to modern economies is pivotal. For...

In this paper we compare sources of economic growth in Japan and the United States from 1975 through 2003, focusing on the role of information technology (IT). We have adjusted Japanese data to conform to U.S. definitions in order to provide a rigorous comparison between the two economies. The...

The Korean ICT industry has recently experienced low productivity growth. This study examines this decline of labor productivity growth using the perspective of establishment dynamics. The establishment dataset covering one or more employees shows that the ICT industry has higher entry and exit...

Tech clusters like Silicon Valley play a central role for modern innovation, business competitiveness, and economic performance. This paper reviews what constitutes a tech cluster, how they function internally, and the degree to which policy makers can purposefully foster them. We describe the...