ICT Modernization in Central and Eastern Europe

Stanislaw Kubielas and Magdalena Olender-Skorek
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Stanislaw Kubielas: Europäisches Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW)
Magdalena Olender-Skorek: Europäisches Institut für Internationale Wirtschaftsbeziehungen (EIIW)

No disbei197, EIIW Discussion paper from Universitätsbibliothek Wuppertal, University Library

Abstract: The paper characterizes main trends in ICT implementation and diffusion in the CEE countries in terms of market volume, its dynamics, economic development and ICT trade integration within the EU market. This gives support to the hypothesis of gradual closing up of technology gap in ICT sector between the CEE and the 'old' EU countries in the course of the ongoing process of integration and catching up. The second part of the paper delivers a detailed account of the modernization level achieved in Poland and other CEE countries in particular ICT segments and score rankings as against other EU countries. The focus is on the relationship between NRI index, as a measure of ICT development, and GDP per capita, competitiveness and productivity. Finally, the level of ICT services in CEE is assessed, in particular, in the area of broadband, mobile telecommunication, and e-services.

Keywords: Innovation; Telecommunication; EU; CEE; Convergence ICT; RCA in ICT Trade; Internet; Technology Gap; Knowledge Diffusion; Regulation (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: F14 F15 L63 L86 L96 N14 O31 O33 P27 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 41 Pages
Date: 2014-05
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