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This edited volume provides deep insight into theoretical and
empirical evidence on how digital technologies and high-tech brands
are interrelated. It traces the mutual links between these two
phenomena, identifies the multidimensionality of interdependencies,
and shows the reader how and why new technologies are the driving
factor of creation and global dissemination of high-tech brands. In
this context, it also refers to various types of economic and
social networks that, on the one hand, are the product of digital
technologies, while on the other enforce global visibility of
high-tech brands. The book contributes to the present state of
knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence on how digital
technologies impact the process of high-tech brands' nascence and
how their growing role and global exposure influence the networked
economies and societies. It sets out to deliver a bridge between
brand management and economical approaches to understanding how
digital technologies and high-tech brands are interrelated. This
multidisciplinary approach creates a complex compilation of
different views and perspectives that sheds new light on the
high-tech brands' phenomena of being an input and output of
technology-driven economies. Technology Brands in the Digital
Economy is written for scholars and researchers from a wide variety
of disciplines but especially for those addressing issues of brands
and economic development and growth, social development and the
role of technological progress in broadly defined socio-economic
progress. It will also be an invaluable source of knowledge for
graduate and postgraduate students in a variety of areas such as
economic and social development, information and technology,
worldwide studies, social policy, or comparative economics.
In recent decades, the world has witnessed, unprecedented in terms
of speed and geographic coverage, diffusion of new information and
communication technologies (ICT). The on-going digital revolution
pervasively impacts and reshapes societies and economies and
therefore deserves special attention and interest. This book
provides extensive evidence on information and communication
technologies development patterns and dynamics of this process
across developed economies over the period 1980 to the present day.
It adopts newly developed methodology to identification of the
'critical mass' and isolation of technological takeoff intervals,
which are intimately related to the process of technology
diffusion. The statistically robust analysis of country-specific
data demonstrates the key economic, social and institutional
prerequisites of ICT diffusion across examined countries,
indicating what factors significantly foster or - reversely -
hinder the process.
The book provides deep insight into theoretical and empirical
evidence on information and communication technologies (ICT) as an
important factor affecting financial markets. It is focused on the
impact of ICT on stock markets, bond markets, and other categories
of financial markets, with the additional focus on the linked
FinTech services and financial institutions. Financial markets
shaped by the adoption of the new technologies are labeled 'digital
financial markets'. With a wide-ranging perspective at both the
local and global levels from countries at varying degrees of
economic development, this book addresses an important gap in the
extant literature concerning the role of ICT in the financial
markets. The consequences of these processes had until now rarely
been considered in a broader economic and social context,
particularly when the impact of FinTech services on financial
markets is taken into account. The book's theoretical discussions,
empirical evidence and compilation of different views and
perspectives make it a valuable and complex reference work. The
principal audience of the book will be scholars in the fields of
finance and economics. The book also targets professionals in the
financial industry who are directly or indirectly linked to the new
technologies on the financial markets, in particular various types
of FinTech services. Chapters 2, 5 and 10 of this book are
available for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual
product page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available
under a Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives
4.0 license.
This book offers broad evidence on how new information and
communication technologies (ICT) impact social development and
contribute to social welfare. Its aim is to show how new
technological solutions may contribute to society's welfare by
encouraging new 'socially responsible' initiatives and practices as
the broad adoption of new technologies becomes an integral
component of organizations, and of the overall economy. Society and
Technology: Opportunities and Challenges is designed to provide
deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as
socially responsible technologies. More specifically, it puts
special focus on examining the following: how channels of ICT
impact on social progress, environmental sustainability and
instability the role of ICT in creating social networks, with
positive and negative consequences of networking how ICT encourages
education, skills development, institutional development, etc. the
ethical aspects of technological progress, and technology
management for social corporate responsibility. The book is written
primarily for scholars and academic professionals from a wide
variety of disciplines that are addressing issues of economic
development and growth, social development, and the role of
technology progress in broadly defined socioeconomic progress. It
is also an invaluable source of knowledge for graduate and
postgraduate students, particularly within economic and social
development, information and technology, worldwide studies, social
policy or comparative economics.
The near-ubiquitous spread of ICT offers unprecedented
opportunities for social and economic agents, reshapes social and
economic structures and drives the emergence of socioeconomic
networks. This book contributes to the growing body of literature
and present state of knowledge, offering the reader broad evidence
on how new information and communication technologies impact
women's economic and social empowerment and hence have an impact on
overall welfare creation. More specifically, it concentrates on
demonstrating how ICT may become "empowering technologies" through
their implementation. The book is designed to provide deep insight
into the theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as a significant
driver of women`s social and economic development. Special focus is
given to examining the following broad topics: channels of ICT
impact on women's development; the role of ICT in enhancing women's
active participation in formal labor markets; examples of how ICT
encourages education, skills development, institutions development
et alia, and thus contributes to women's social and economic
empowerment, as well as case-based evidence on ICT's role in
fostering women's equality. The primary audience for the book will
be scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of
disciplines but mainly those who are concerned with addressing the
issues of economic development and growth, social development, the
role of technology progress in the context of broadly defined
socioeconomic progress. Chapters 1 and 3 of this book are available
for free in PDF format as Open Access from the individual product
page at www.routledge.com. They have been made available under a
Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial-No Derivatives 4.0
license.
Over last few decades, the world has witnessed, the process of
rapid diffusion of new information and communication technologies
(ICT) that enforced remarkable changes and structural shifts going
far beyond economic sphere of life. ICT become fast available
widespread and rapidly growing access to and use of ICT,
additionally enhances the process of technological substitution,
which consists in switching from the 'old' to 'new' technological
solutions. The on-going digital revolution, undeniably, pervasively
impacts and reshapes societies and economies, hence deserves
special attention and interest. This book provides extensive
evidence on information and communication technologies development
diffusion patterns, unveils specific 'network effects' that enhance
rapid spread of ICT, and detect major macroeconomic determinants of
this process, across 36 Asian economies over the period 1980-2015.
Moreover, this research traces country-specific patterns of the
unique process. We consider two types of technological
substitution, namely: 'fixed-to-mobile' type technological
substitution process encompasses switching from fixed telephony
('old technology') to mobile telephony ('new technology'); while
the 'fixed-to-wireless' type technological substitution - switching
from fixed (narrowband and/or broadband) fixed Internet networks
('old technologies') to wireless (mainly broadband) Internet
networks ('new technologies'). Moreover, this study empirically
identifies the potential effect of selected macroeconomic factors,
which may potentially enhance dynamic spread of ICT.
Over last few decades, the world has witnessed, the process of
rapid diffusion of new information and communication technologies
(ICT) that enforced remarkable changes and structural shifts going
far beyond economic sphere of life. ICT become fast available
widespread and rapidly growing access to and use of ICT,
additionally enhances the process of technological substitution,
which consists in switching from the 'old' to 'new' technological
solutions. The on-going digital revolution, undeniably, pervasively
impacts and reshapes societies and economies, hence deserves
special attention and interest. This book provides extensive
evidence on information and communication technologies development
diffusion patterns, unveils specific 'network effects' that enhance
rapid spread of ICT, and detect major macroeconomic determinants of
this process, across 36 Asian economies over the period 1980-2015.
Moreover, this research traces country-specific patterns of the
unique process. We consider two types of technological
substitution, namely: 'fixed-to-mobile' type technological
substitution process encompasses switching from fixed telephony
('old technology') to mobile telephony ('new technology'); while
the 'fixed-to-wireless' type technological substitution - switching
from fixed (narrowband and/or broadband) fixed Internet networks
('old technologies') to wireless (mainly broadband) Internet
networks ('new technologies'). Moreover, this study empirically
identifies the potential effect of selected macroeconomic factors,
which may potentially enhance dynamic spread of ICT.
This book offers broad evidence on how new information and
communication technologies (ICT) impact social development and
contribute to social welfare. Its aim is to show how new
technological solutions may contribute to society's welfare by
encouraging new 'socially responsible' initiatives and practices as
the broad adoption of new technologies becomes an integral
component of organizations, and of the overall economy. Society and
Technology: Opportunities and Challenges is designed to provide
deep insight into theoretical and empirical evidence on ICT as
socially responsible technologies. More specifically, it puts
special focus on examining the following: how channels of ICT
impact on social progress, environmental sustainability and
instability the role of ICT in creating social networks, with
positive and negative consequences of networking how ICT encourages
education, skills development, institutional development, etc. the
ethical aspects of technological progress, and technology
management for social corporate responsibility. The book is written
primarily for scholars and academic professionals from a wide
variety of disciplines that are addressing issues of economic
development and growth, social development, and the role of
technology progress in broadly defined socioeconomic progress. It
is also an invaluable source of knowledge for graduate and
postgraduate students, particularly within economic and social
development, information and technology, worldwide studies, social
policy or comparative economics.
In recent decades, the world has witnessed, unprecedented in terms
of speed and geographic coverage, diffusion of new information and
communication technologies (ICT). The on-going digital revolution
pervasively impacts and reshapes societies and economies and
therefore deserves special attention and interest. This book
provides extensive evidence on information and communication
technologies development patterns and dynamics of this process
across developed economies over the period 1980 to the present day.
It adopts newly developed methodology to identification of the
'critical mass' and isolation of technological takeoff intervals,
which are intimately related to the process of technology
diffusion. The statistically robust analysis of country-specific
data demonstrates the key economic, social and institutional
prerequisites of ICT diffusion across examined countries,
indicating what factors significantly foster or - reversely -
hinder the process.
This book contributes to the present state of knowledge, offering
the reader broad evidence on how new digital technologies impact
financial systems. It focuses on both macro- and micro-perspectives
of ICT influence on financial markets. The book demonstrates how
ICT can impact trading systems or information systems, which are
crucial for financial systems to work effectively. It also shows
how individuals can benefit from the adoption of digital
technologies for everyday financial (e.g., banking) systems usage.
The book provides empirical evidence of how digital technologies
revolutionize the banking sector and stock exchange trading system
and explores the associations between technology and various
aspects of firms' functioning. Furthermore, it raises elements of
financial inclusion, ICT-based microfinance service and
finance-related gender issues. The principal audience of the book
will be scholars and academic professionals from a wide variety of
disciplines, particularly in the fields of finance and economics.
It will be especially useful for those who are addressing the
issues of new technologies and the financial markets, FinTech,
financial innovations, stock markets, and the role of technological
progress in a broadly defined socio-economic system. It will be a
valuable source of knowledge for graduate and postgraduate students
in economic and social development, information and technology,
worldwide studies, social policy or comparative economics.
Sustainable Investing: Socio-Economic Impacts of Exchange-Traded
Funds examines the social and economic effects of sustainable
investing ETFs and their impacts on the global financial system.
The book presents the key issues with regard to sustainable
investing, discussing exchange-traded funds mechanisms and
categories in comparison to competing investment funds. The book
outlines the theoretical determinants of ETF markets development
and the effects of their diffusion, both at the investor and firm
levels, as well as financial system, entire economy, and society
levels. The book presents various possible implementations of
sustainable investing, and covers the methodological aspects of
their identification and categorization. Hybrid investment
products-such as exchange-traded funds that combine the investment
features of mutual funds with the trading features of stocks-are
one of the most rapidly growing categories of investment funds with
their total global value reaching almost $5 trillion. The book
examines the linkages between ETFs and the FinTech sector in the
context of sustainable development, as well as global sustainable
development policies in relation to their effects on the popularity
of sustainable investing. The book concludes with a discussion of
the significance for other entities that may be affected, such as
policy makers and recipients of funds invested through sustainable
investment strategies.
This book examines the role that Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) play in growth and economic development
promotion, specifically for developing countries. It highlights
multiple methodologies for quantifying the impact of ICTs. This
includes quantitative and qualitative methods, but also novel,
conclusive and informative methodological approaches for measuring
ICTs influence on economic development. The book highlights trends,
perspectives, and success stories for different developing
countries. ICTs bring new business models, innovations,
capital-labor substitution, improved goods and services to
developing markets. Because they can spread rapidly, with little
cost and require minimal skills for usage, ICTs create a solid
background for social and economic gains. They enable significant
reduction in information asymmetries, which improves access to
economic activities for multitude of agents, fostering
participation, inter alias in labor market of disadvantaged
societal groups. After almost two decades of rapid diffusion of ICT
in developing world, this book seeks to assess the real benefits
and consequences of ICTs adoption in developing countries. The
chapters use broad, real-world based evidence to provide a better
understanding of the precise nature of new technologies and their
impact of the country`s economy and society.
This book examines the role that Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs) play in growth and economic development
promotion, specifically for developing countries. It highlights
multiple methodologies for quantifying the impact of ICTs. This
includes quantitative and qualitative methods, but also novel,
conclusive and informative methodological approaches for measuring
ICTs influence on economic development. The book highlights trends,
perspectives, and success stories for different developing
countries. ICTs bring new business models, innovations,
capital-labor substitution, improved goods and services to
developing markets. Because they can spread rapidly, with little
cost and require minimal skills for usage, ICTs create a solid
background for social and economic gains. They enable significant
reduction in information asymmetries, which improves access to
economic activities for multitude of agents, fostering
participation, inter alias in labor market of disadvantaged
societal groups. After almost two decades of rapid diffusion of ICT
in developing world, this book seeks to assess the real benefits
and consequences of ICTs adoption in developing countries. The
chapters use broad, real-world based evidence to provide a better
understanding of the precise nature of new technologies and their
impact of the country`s economy and society.
This book provides an extensive overview of the diffusion of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing
countries between 2000 and 2012. It covers issues such as
country-specific ICT diffusion patterns, technological substitution
and technological convergence. By identifying social, economic and
institutional prerequisites and analyzing critical country-specific
conditions, the author develops a new approach to explaining the
emergence of their technological takeoff. Readers will discover how
developing countries are now adopting ICTs, rapidly catching up
with the developed world in terms of ICT access and use. Â
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This book provides an extensive overview of the diffusion of
Information and Communication Technologies (ICTs) in developing
countries between 2000 and 2012. It covers issues such as
country-specific ICT diffusion patterns, technological substitution
and technological convergence. By identifying social, economic and
institutional prerequisites and analyzing critical country-specific
conditions, the author develops a new approach to explaining the
emergence of their technological takeoff. Readers will discover how
developing countries are now adopting ICTs, rapidly catching up
with the developed world in terms of ICT access and use.
Exchange-Traded Funds in Europe provides a single point of
reference on a diverse set of regional ETF markets, illuminating
the roles ETFs can play in risk mitigation and speculation.
Combining empirical data with models and case studies, the authors
use diffusion models and panel/country-specific regressions-as well
as graphical and descriptive analyses- to show how ETFs are more
than conventional, passive investments. With new insights on how
ETFs can improve market efficiency and how investors can benefit
when using them as investment tools, this book reveals the
complexity of the world's second largest ETF market and the ways
that ETFs are transforming it.
The book provides an estimate of the size of the shadow economy in
Poland. Using analogous data, it traces core determinants of the
existence of the shadow economy in Poland. It compares results with
neighbouring countries, and if possible, the remaining
Central-Eastern economies. The book tells why the problem of the
unreported economic activity matters; it presents the problem from
different angles economic, social and institutional. Next, it
extensively reviews past research on the size and determinants of
the shadow economy in Poland. It discusses available resources and
empirical results showing the problem from micro-, and
macroeconomic perspective. The authors present the methods used and
the results of the survey, which are interpreted and discussed
Finally it concludes on major drivers of shadow economy in Poland,
providing recommendations and future research directions. The book
is intended for practitioners and those seeking understanding of
undeclared economic activities.
This book is dedicated to examining Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
market in the Asia-Pacific region between 2004 and 2017. It offers
a broad examination of the attributes and development of the ETF
markets. The book presents a new approach to ETF markets modeling
that uses innovation diffusion model. In addition, it explores the
empirical links between ETFs and Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs). The book also compares ETFs and competing
investment options. This book should appeal to both academics and
practitioners as it includes detailed descriptions of the ETF
markets and prepared projections regarding their future
development. As the Asia-Pacific region plays a significant role in
the global economy, this book should be useful for international
readers beyond this area. The Emergence of ETFs in Asia-Pacific
begins with an overview of the Asia-Pacific economies, focusing on
their importance for the global economy and their features. Next,
the book introduces an analytical framework. It explains major
features of ETFs (such as their creation, distribution, and
trading) and key categories, which facilitates profound
understanding of the book merit even for readers with little
knowledge about ETFs. The following chapter explores the role of
ICTs in economy and society identifying channels of their impact on
financial markets. It discusses how ICTs foster dynamic spread of
financial innovations (including ETFs) across financial markets.
Next, the book examines the ETF market's development in different
countries in the Asia-Pacific region, by analyzing their level of
development in terms of turnover. In this part it also provides
brief characteristics of all markets, including their structures
and categories of ETFs in various countries. Consecutive part of
the book is dedicated to reports on the process of ICTs growing
penetration across Asia-Pacific countries, showing the changes
observed during recent years. It then continues the empirical
analysis of the ETF markets in the Asia-Pacific region by
attempting to trace the links between the development of ETF
markets and ICT penetration during the period 2004-2017. As
complementary material, a methodological annex is included showing
major analytical techniques used throughout the research.
ICT-Driven Economic and Financial Development: Analyses of European
Countries demonstrates the effects of ICT diffusion on economic,
social and financial development by examining their impact on the
structure and dynamics of national economies. It provides the
insight into shifts observed in labour markets, international trade
activities productivity factors, education and use of innovative
financial products. It combines empirical analyses and data sources
stretching back to 1990 make it an important contribution to
understanding the effects of ICT diffusion on economic and
financial development. The book answers questions such as how will
national and regional economies react to upcoming ICT developments
and growing usage, and what is the magnitude of impact of new
information and communication technologies on various aspects of
social and economic life.
This book is dedicated to examining Exchange-Traded Funds (ETFs)
market in the Asia-Pacific region between 2004 and 2017. It offers
a broad examination of the attributes and development of the ETF
markets. The book presents a new approach to ETF markets modeling
that uses innovation diffusion model. In addition, it explores the
empirical links between ETFs and Information and Communication
Technologies (ICTs). The book also compares ETFs and competing
investment options. This book should appeal to both academics and
practitioners as it includes detailed descriptions of the ETF
markets and prepared projections regarding their future
development. As the Asia-Pacific region plays a significant role in
the global economy, this book should be useful for international
readers beyond this area. The Emergence of ETFs in Asia-Pacific
begins with an overview of the Asia-Pacific economies, focusing on
their importance for the global economy and their features. Next,
the book introduces an analytical framework. It explains major
features of ETFs (such as their creation, distribution, and
trading) and key categories, which facilitates profound
understanding of the book merit even for readers with little
knowledge about ETFs. The following chapter explores the role of
ICTs in economy and society identifying channels of their impact on
financial markets. It discusses how ICTs foster dynamic spread of
financial innovations (including ETFs) across financial markets.
Next, the book examines the ETF market's development in different
countries in the Asia-Pacific region, by analyzing their level of
development in terms of turnover. In this part it also provides
brief characteristics of all markets, including their structures
and categories of ETFs in various countries. Consecutive part of
the book is dedicated to reports on the process of ICTs growing
penetration across Asia-Pacific countries, showing the changes
observed during recent years. It then continues the empirical
analysis of the ETF markets in the Asia-Pacific region by
attempting to trace the links between the development of ETF
markets and ICT penetration during the period 2004-2017. As
complementary material, a methodological annex is included showing
major analytical techniques used throughout the research.
Neuroeconomics has emerged as a field of study with the goal of
understanding the human decision-making process and the mental
consideration of multiple outcomes based on a selected action. In
particular, neuroeconomics emphasizes how economic conditions can
impact and influence the decision-making process and alternately,
how human actions have the power to impact economic conditions.
Neuroeconomics and the Decision-Making Process presents the latest
research on the relationship between neuroscience, economics, and
human decision-making, including theoretical foundations,
real-world applications, and models for implementation. Taking a
cross-disciplinary approach to neuroeconomic theory and study, this
publication is an essential reference source for economists,
psychologists, business professionals, and graduate-level students
across disciplines.
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