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عنوان فارسی مقاله:
ایجاد ارتباط بین توزیع تکنولوژی به منظور بهبود محیط کسب و کار: بینش هایی از کشورهای آفریقایی
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله:
Bridging technology divide to improve business environment: Insights from African nations
کلمات کلیدی مقاله:
پیشرفت تکنولوژیکی، بهره وری کل عوامل، آفریقا، همگرایی باشگاه
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مدیریت
مناسب برای گرایش های دانشگاهی زیر:
مدیریت کسب و کار – مدیریت فناوری اطلاعات
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۱٫ Introduction
۲٫ Literature review
۳٫ Data description
۴٫ Methodology
۵٫ Empirical results
۶٫ Conclusions
References
قسمتی از مقاله انگلیسی:
Abstract
Bridging the technology divide remains one of the contemporary business issues, yet limited scholarly attention has been devoted to exploring the gap between regional developing nations. This study examined the state of technological progress in Africa by applying an innovative two-step total factor productivity (TFP) analysis. We first estimated the TFP for 21 African countries with reference to South Africa (regional leader) and the United States (US) (international leader). We then applied the Phillips and Sul (2007) panel convergence tests. We found three convergence clubs with TFP levels relative to South Africa, where only most developed African countries have been able to catch-up. For TFP levels relative to the US, we found two convergence clubs and only a couple of countries have managed to make short-lived progress of catching-up. Our analysis has implications in terms of capitalising on new technology to create platforms for new businesses to flourish in Africa.
1. Introduction
Over the past three decades or so, it has been demonstrated that technology catching-up can serve as a springboard for further industrialisation and faster economic development in developing economies (see Fuchs & Horak, 2008; World Economic Outlook, 2017). By “catching-up”, we are referring to the bridging of the technological gap between lagging and leading nations (Perrez & Soete, 1988; Thutupalli & Iizuka, 2016). Indeed, emerging economies such as China, India and Brazil have successfully leapfrogged to the latest technologies in many sectors and have experienced sustainable economic development (Athreye & Cantwell, 2007; Buckley & Hashai, 2014; Lee, 2013; You & Sarantis, 2013). The catch-up process for lagging nations entails learning from leading nations to help absorb and diffuse technologies across the wider population (Malerba & Nelson, 2011; Thutupalli & Iizuka, 2016). This is more so for least developed African nations to not only bridge the gap with neighbouring nations, but also with the rest of the world. Indeed, bridging the technology divide has been regarded as one of the contemporary issues in the global economy (see World Development Report, 2016)