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REPORT | The diffusion of innovation in low income countries: A survey report
Abstract For countries at the bottom of the development pyramid, technological innovation is decisive for industrialisation and catch-up. Technological innovation has, however, been traditionally concentrated in a few developed countries, given the costs and risks involved in fomenting technological innovation. Foreign sources of technology account for a large part of productivity growth in most countries.
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WORKING PAPER 87 | Competition, Openness and Innovation in China – an integrated firm-level model
This paper contributes to the literature by examining the innovation effects of domestic and foreign competition in an integrated model, with a special emphasis on the moderating effects of ownership and productivity. Using a firm-level production and trade tariff linked panel dataset from 387,725 Chinese firms over the 1998-2007 period and China’s WTO entry as
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WORKING PAPER 86 | Unveiling the Value of Technology: A Utility Theory Framework and Its Application in Technology Startups
Technology is crucial for strategic success, and the valuation of technology is necessary for a firm’s financial and accounting practices, strategic decision-making, and risk management. Although there have been valuable studies examining the impact of individual factors on the value of a technology, we still lack a comprehensive and systematic understanding of the determinants of
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WORKING PAPER 85 | Revisiting the Relationship Between Information and Communication Technologies and Employment Growth in Ghana: Role of Formality Status
The employment effect of information and communication technologies has been a key concern of public policy. Our understanding of the ICT-employment growth relationship in both informal and formal sectors in developing countries, however, remains limited. Based on repeated cross-sectional data collected in 2013 and 2015 on 483 Ghanaian manufacturing, this paper shows that access to
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POLICY BRIEF | Short-video platform innovation inspires marginalised communities new ways to generate income
The Inclusive Digital Model (IDMODEL) project has recently published a policy brief that reveals how short video platforms inspire marginalised communities with new ways to generate income. The Haate Haat APP developed and rolled out as part of the IDMODEL project helps marginalised communities and grassroots entrepreneurs in Bangladesh communicate with each other and establish important
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WORKING PAPER 83 | Digital Citizenship in Turkey
This paper introduces the concept of digital citizenship, its practice and application in Turkey. AuthorsEmre Eren Korkmaz, Türkay Salim Nefes, Aiden Slavin, Roxana Akhmetova, Hüseyin Atakan Keskin, Johanna Bankston and Xiaolan Fu
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WORKING PAPER 82 | The diffusion of industrial robots: Contribution to the Routledge Handbook of Smart Technologies
Over the last 20 years, industrial robots have become more flexible, adaptive and powerful. The worldwide diffusion of industrial robots increased significantly, especially after the global financial crisis of 2008/09. Despite this growth, industrial robots are unevenly distributed across countries, sectors and firms and still far from being a general-purpose technology. Today, firms in Asian
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POLICY BRIEF | The Inclusive Digital Model (IDMODEL) Project
The Inclusive Digital Model (IDMODEL) project has recently published a policy brief which summarises the main findings and key policy recommendations emanating from the China ‘Kuaishou’ and Bangladesh ‘Haate Haat’ cases. The brief incorporates the views of key stakeholders including Kuaishou and respondents in both countries on how to overcome digital challenges and seize the opportunities
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WORKING PAPER 81 | Blue Economy and the Circuitry of the Circle
Blue Economy is a relatively new denomination circumscribing the perceived economic functionalities of the oceanic spheres. This paper articulates a definition for both Blue Economy and Circular Economy in one concentric circle and functionally links the two for a spherical strategic ideation. This paper coins the term Blue Space as a marker for both vertices
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WORKING PAPER 80 | Development strategies for middle-income countries in a digital world – impacts from trade costs, data and innovation policies
The digitalization of economic activities, combined with a secular slowdown in the growth of global output and trade, reduces the potential of traditional export-oriented manufacturing as a development strategy. This paper takes a trade economics perspective to outline a possible response to the changed nature of industrialization. The outlined response currently applies mainly to middle-income
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