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RESEARCH PRODUCT

Do Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) and Trade Openness Explain the Disparity in ICT Diffusion between Asia-Pacific and the Islamic Middle Eastern Countries?

Farid ShiraziDolores Añón HigónRoya Gholami

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Information Systems and ManagementMiddle Eastbusiness.industryStrategy and ManagementIslamForeign direct investmentInternational tradeInternational economicsManagement Science and Operations ResearchComputer Science ApplicationsAsia pacificInformation and Communications TechnologyEconomic interventionismOpenness to experienceEconomicsBusiness and International ManagementDiffusion (business)business

description

This study investigates the impact of FDI and trade openness on ICT diffusion in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions from 1996-2005. The results indicate that while dissimilarities exist between the economies included in this study in terms of their level of socio-economic and political development, education and the growth of GDP have had a positive impact on ICT diffusion in both regions. However, while FDI has generally had a positive and significant impact on ICT diffusion in Asia-Pacific economies, its impact on Middle Eastern economies has been detrimental. The results of this study also show that trade-openness has had, in general, a positive and significant impact on ICT diffusion.

yearjournalcountryeditionlanguage
2010-07-01Journal of Global Information Management
https://doi.org/10.4018/jgim.2010070103