The Impact Of The Covid-19 Pandemic On Digital Technology Diffusion

Roman Shcherbakov (), Sofya Privorotskaya and Konstantin Vishnevskiy ()
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Roman Shcherbakov: National Research University Higher School of Economics
Konstantin Vishnevskiy: National Research University Higher School of Economics
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Abstract: The present paper looks at the COVID-19 external shock impacts on the diffusion of digital technologies for business continuity including videoconferencing, digital logistic services, telehealth services, e-commerce, online entertainment services and cybersecurity. The study reveals that COVID-driven digital trends differ in terms of character of technological diffusion and its dynamics. Some technological areas; i.e. e-commerce and online entertainment diffused only at the late stages of the pandemic while such specialized solution as telehealth have been more impacted by the short-run external shock. Telehealth-related technologies remain less adopted in practice despite significant growth in academic and professional media discussion.

Keywords: COVID-19; digital technologies; digital technology diffusion (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O30 O33 O39 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 33 pages
Date: 2021
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Published in WP BRP Series: Science, Technology and Innovation / STI, December 2021, pages 1-33

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